"I remember reading about him," said former neighbor Elise Matis, who stopped in the turnabout to chat with a friend early Sunday.
The turnabout came early on, with agitators like talk radio host Rush Limbaugh declaring that he hoped Obama would fail as president.
While the president is known for mercurial decision-making, the turnabout deeply surprised DC insiders, with many national security officials vociferously opposed to any deal to resuscitate the company.
For the Syrians, the turnabout is proof that their ties with Iran are in fact useful, and accord them an indispensable role as a regional broker.
With 11 days to go before the presidential election, the turnabout by the FBI comes as yet another twist in a presidential election full of them.
The turnabout was so extraordinary that Favre, still struggling with his father's death, suggested something spiritual was taking place.
As metaphors for the last two presidencies go, the turnabout was apt: Both George W. Bush and Barack Obama came into office with domestic issues prime on their minds, only to have conflicts abroad hobble and frustrate their tenures.
Mr. Levy calls the turnabout a precursor of the 1990's, "when events revealed with brilliant clarity whom investment bankers really represent".
LOS ANGELES — For her detractors, and there are many, the turnabout is delicious: Nikki Finke, the blogger who squeezed Hollywood with her rabid trade reporting for Deadline.com, is now being squeezed.
He also notes, correctly, that the turnabout in the ethanol debate has a lot more to do with relentless price increases than with P.R. strategists and his remarks.
