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...China is it has taken them a long time to shift from what I call a starvation psychology," Cheah says. "They think they're a poor economy, so they should attract money from abroad. Now they're realizing they should be trying to export capital. It's a remarkable U-turn with global importance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beijing's Brokers | 1/17/2008 | See Source »

...leader to appeal to what President Lincoln called the "better angels" of our nature. Former President Clinton spoke often of a "bridge to the 21st century." As advisers meet to retool Senator Clinton's campaign, they might consider that until now, her primary message seemed to be a U-turn to the 20th...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinton's Message Problem | 1/10/2008 | See Source »

...that's still unfolding. The Administration has taken a U-turn on how to handle the threat of proliferation of nuclear weapons from countries like North Korea and Iran...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for John Bolton | 11/15/2007 | See Source »

McDonald's Supersize soda just got a friendlier name. Hugo is the new name for the 42-oz. (1.25 L) soft drink, which has more than 400 calories. The move is somewhat of a U-turn for the chain, which saw sales quadruple over the past four years thanks to healthy options like salads and apple dippers. Now critics say McDonald's is returning to its weighty ways. It is advertising Hugo in several languages, and critics accuse it of targeting the low-cost cup to minorities, who are disproportionately overweight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dashboard: Aug. 6, 2007 | 7/26/2007 | See Source »

Bruce Grierson is the author of U-Turn: What If You Woke Up One Morning and Realized You Were Living the Wrong Life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Age of U-Turns | 4/5/2007 | See Source »

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