A sudden about-turn aimed at forestalling diplomatic isolation, said opponents.
But in a sudden about-turn, President Hugo Chávez changed the law to make the whole industry a preserve of the state.
See articleIn a sudden about-turn, Mexico's president, Vicente Fox, refused to promulgate a bill that would have legalised the possession of small quantities of drugs, both hard and soft.
Although advertising in newspapers continues to decline, television has defied predictions of a harsher future: its share of advertising spending is expected to rise this year to 40.8% from 39.2% last year and 38% in 2008.Yet the main reason for the new, higher forecast is a sudden about-turn in advertising's most developed markets.
If you have your eyes open to the opportunities that come your way, learn from the inevitable mistakes and above all, be kind to yourself, then the sudden about-turn of a January lifestyle revamp won't be necessary.
The party performed the sudden about-turn days after a story about Farage's attendance on the conference fringe appeared in the Observer in July.
If Labour, scenting blood, could force a last-minute defeat onto the government along the lines of Ed Miliband's sudden about-turn on Syria, that would be devastating.
Then, the sudden about-turns.
Japanese military officials said they were baffled by the sudden about-turn, given that Russian and US military planes have already visited the devastated region.
The sudden about-turn in confidence sent shares in STMicroelectronics down 5.2%, or 28 euro cents (36 cents), to 5.16 euros ($6.56), during midday trading in Paris.
Don't do a sudden about face with your look.
