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turnaround

tur nuh rownd

  • n  time need to prepare a vessel or ship for a return trip
  • n  a decision to reverse an earlier decision
  • n  an area sufficiently large for a vehicle to turn around
  • n  act or process of unloading and loading and servicing a vessel or aircraft for a return trip
  • n  turning in the opposite direction

  • The turnaround model could be a road to greater growth for the charter-school movement which, after 16 years, comprises 1.
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  • Barack Obama in NASDAQ
    Obama added, "That's a stark turnaround from the first six months of last year, when we lost 3.7 million jobs at the height of the recession."
  • Kristin Halvorsen in MSN Money
    But "the financial crisis and the global economic downturn have intensified the turnaround," Halvorsen said.
  • Peter Mandelson in guardian.co.uk
    In an interview with yesterday's Observer, Mandelson said: "They [Labour MPs] may succeed in defeating the legislation but in the process they'll defeat the turnaround in finances. They will defeat our ability to sustain the universal service....

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