Mr. Kim's political rivals, feeling threatened by a dramatic diplomatic turnabout after weeks of campaigning against his "sunshine policy" toward the North as a fruitless sellout, today clung to the line that the coming summit meeting, with its hidden and presumably high costs, was no victory.
It is a remarkable turnabout for Mr. Paulson, whose winning gamble against the housing market plucked him from obscurity and transformed him into one of the most celebrated money managers in the business.
The turnabout seemed jarring because Donahoe's earlier comments against separation had seemed so emphatic.
Three weeks after being rejected by Bill Parcells, the sons of Bucs owner Malcolm Glazer decided against hiring Lewis in a stunning turnabout that again leaves the team scrambling for a backup plan.
They may tell pollsters they're against torture on human rights grounds, on turnabout grounds, on pragmatic grounds, but in our heart of hearts, Americans (in the Rove/Cheney/Gonzales/Yoo view) believe that torture works, and that waterboarding is too good for terrorists.
Barbara E. Hohlt, a founder of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, agreed, saying, "This is a distinct turnabout for him, and we find it disturbing".
Analysts inside and outside the government say the large federal budget surpluses of recent years are likely to give way to a deficit in the fiscal year that starts on Monday, a stunningly swift turnabout brought on by the weakening economy and the costs of the campaign against terrorism.
The flow is an important source of weapons for the uprising and a case of bloody turnabout, as the inheritors of one strongman's arsenal use them in the fight against another.
The reprieve represents a full turnabout for Magnolia Public Schools, which faced the shutdown of its campuses after L.A. Unified moved against them in October. .
