"They are turning around far quicker than we ever imagined," Haisley said.
And on the question of which candidate can better help turn around the economy, far and away the most important issue to voters, Mr. Gomez trailed Mr. Markey by six percentage points.
All of this has made Mr. Parsons's task of turning the company around far more difficult, just as the rationale for large combinations of Internet and old media companies has been undermined by signs of a breakup at Vivendi Universal, which last week ousted its chairman, Jean-Marie Messier.
Heskey neatly chested the ball into the path of Jiri Jarosik but the Czech's thunderous left-footed drive was turned around the far upright by Jens Lehmann.
As for the Chinese works offered by Seoul Auction, initially unimpressive sales have turned around, so far culminating in the 17 million dollars taken for Sanyu's "Flowers in a White Vase" in October.
For others, it might be less dramatic and more of a subtle process of questioning, not realizing where they are until they turn around to see how far they've traveled.
Since buying EMI - which he intends to turn around and sell for far more than he paid within about five years - he has called in several other traditional business executives with no music experience to help with the task.
Rán has moved up to fourth, but equal on points to the Spanish boat Bribón and Gladiator, who also had a fifth in the first race of the day, have moved off the bottom to leave Sch?mann with the management problem of how to turn around what has so far been a very disappointing year for the Franco-German All4One team.
Turn around, and the view is far less lovely.
He finds parents who persist largely in the spirit of an arduous hike: by the time they feel ragged, they've gone too far to turn around.
