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  • The opposition said the move represented a U-turn and was in effect a revised version of Labour's future jobs fund, cancelled by the coalition government when it came to office. Nick Clegg announces £1bn fund to tackle youth unemployment
  • Nick Clegg's U-turn on student fees is a trivial peccadillo compared with his infinitely more damaging U-turn on public spending. The Coalition and the Constitution by Vernon Bogdanor – review
  • It made the U-turn after the web giant said spying breached its terms. The Sun
  • Turning a very sharp bend of what seemed like a U-turn, I only caught a passing glimpse of it.
  • This weekend, the inner cabinet is preparing the ground for the latest U-turn, which they hope will square Souter and Cardinal Winning.
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  • Nobody likes U-turns, but maybe they will say that those alternatives were not given a proper airing at the time. Times, Sunday Times
  • Several Tongzhi in the courtyard of a pile of bamboo points in the play, red flames, burning bamboo after "Papa" to Baoxiang, the beast go here, see the Flames make a U-turn run scared.
  • The move is being hailed as "a stunning volte-face," a complete "U-turn on nuclear energy. Katie Engelhart: Political Fallout: Will Germany Go Nuclear-Free?
  • Paul Rowen has switched by way of screeeching U-Turn from a "benefit of hindsight", from "not excusing the inexcusable", from praising the 1982 Yorkshire TV Alice documentary kinda fella, albeit highly confused about the safety and desirability of redeveloping the TBA Killing Fields of the Spodden Valley, to a bit of an excuser. Asbestos in Schools: Foolish Rowen Backs Up Cyril
  • He made a quick U-turn and sped away.
  • Most analysts described Ms. Merkel's U-turn on nuclear energy as a mistake after it failed to save her party from defeat in Baden-Württemberg. The Politics of Pragmatism
  • In this case, we were sitting there for over fifteen minutes until one-by-one, cars began swinging into U-turns to backtrack to an alternate route.
  • The vehicle started skidding and pulled off a u-turn.
  • Gas investors have been spooked enough already by the policy U-turns. Times, Sunday Times
  • In yet another U-turn by France, Sarkozy said there was no case for pooling eurozone debt and issuing collective debt instruments known as eurobonds – a German red line. Eurozone warned of credit downgrades after Germany and France strike deal
  • When we graduate from high school most of us don't know where we are going to end up-we make U-turns, take forward steps, backtrack, travel and reinvent ourselves several times along the way.
  • Greenfield made a U-turn at the top of the stairs and we followed the corridor back towards the rear of the building. C B GREENFIELD - A LITTLE MADNESS
  • Why is it that I always get stuck in traffic jams on dual carriageways, where it is impossible to do a U-turn (or anything else about it), when I am dying for a wee?
  • Mr Clarke said he assumed it had done a U-turn across the central reservation.
  • It followed a U-turn over capital gains tax reforms, and sparked speculation about his future. The Sun
  • The quick local policy U-turn by Foshan, a city of about seven million people in the southern province of Guangdong, indicated that Beijing hadn't given its blessing to the modest rollback in curbs announced earlier Tuesday. Chinese City in U-Turn on Easing Property Grip
  • It is the only strategy in town, but you can almost hear the spluttering indignation from the many Tories (and at least one newspaper publisher) who remain unreconciled five years after the party's U-turn.
  • Two years after the board's famous U-turn on demutualisation, the policyholders had forgiven them the thousands of pounds that the earlier rejection of flotation had cost them.
  • The U-turn angered many of her own conservative colleagues in the Christian Democratic Union, or CDU, as well as Germany's energy companies. The Politics of Pragmatism
  • Speaking to the Gazette on the day after the meeting, the artist was philosophical about the council's u-turn.
  • Don't we all wish we had a sibling like Margaret, one who reminds us of our chemin ... just when we are about to make a U-turn ... and give up on our goal. French Word-A-Day:
  • As he pulled out from the curb and pivoted through a U-turn, he caught a glimpse of a gray van edging out into the traffic. CORMORANT
  • It is illegal to do/make a U-turn on a motorway.
  • After receiving payment, the taxi driver pulls to the left and executes a U-turn, and hits a motorcycle coming the other direction.
  • The Prime Minister, with a record of broken promises and U-turns, is behaving like a monocrat offering Britain, without democratic debate, to a dictatorial Commission which has a less-than-ethical record.
  • The spot I selected for my U-turn happened to be right next to a yard sale so I climbed out for a browse.
  • Its officials, and many chairmen in the top division, are furious that Taylor has allegedly done a U-turn over transfers.
  • Though the tarmac takes a smooth U-turn on to the next straight, rider and machine will not describe such a graceful arc.
  • He was forced into a U-turn after a furious reaction to his plans not to travel to Normandy.
  • Sansak had tried to avoid the checkpoint, making a U-turn in front of the oncoming car.
  • An early manoeuvre involves a U-turn across one of the epic avenues of central BeiJing. Times, Sunday Times
  • We did an extremely fast U-turn and shot south up the Boulevard St. Michel.
  • The result would be an embarrassing U-turn for family members if they are forced into a takeover bid for the company. Times, Sunday Times
  • Though the tarmac takes a smooth U-turn on to the next straight, rider and machine will not describe such a graceful arc.
  • After two decades of surefooted dealmaking, he closed out his tenure with a bizarre fandango of wrongheaded acquisitions and strategic U-turns that devastated Tyco's share price even before his first indictment.
  • Gas investors have been spooked enough already by the policy U-turns. Times, Sunday Times
  • Alas, his selection would require an improbable U-turn on the part of the Sassenach segment of the selectors.
  • They then fly up the coast following the continental shelf edge to Brazil before cutting across the Atlantic to Western Africa and making a U-turn to the North America coastline.
  • The review has not produced any dramatic u-turns, and certainly not a management clear-out (unless Olver is lulling us all into a false sense of security).
  • These and other policies have been damaged by backtracking, U-turns, watering down and general shilly-shallying.
  • A U-turn only came about when the Evening Advertiser contacted a local MP, who fired a letter off to the Foreign Office.
  • Economists, who tend to take a broader view than that shown in market pricing, see an outside chance the ECB could cut in the months ahead, though such a U-turn after hikes in April and July would embarrass ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet, who is unlikely to back a cut before his term ends next month. ECB to signal change in policy tack as crisis bites
  • Of course if Labour wanted to be really cunning, they could now drop the plan and leave the Tories with the option of a hilarious U-turn or being lumbered with an unpopular policy they didn't really want.
  • Housing associations are to do a U-turn and ratify a new deal that allows tenants to buy their homes at a discount. Times, Sunday Times
  • The move is a U-turn from labels cluttered with specific claims like "easy pour spout" or "better tasting" to packaging that plays on the emotions. New! Improved! (and Very Old)
  • The Prime Minister did/made a quick U-turn in response to all the adverse publicity.
  • The change in course is the fourth major U-turn the Chancellor has made since his omnishambles Budget in March.
  • The government has made a spectacular U-turn on taxes.
  • I've also held down long term residencies at clubs around Ireland such as Brown Sugar at the Kitchen in Dublin, U-Turn at Ri Ra in Dublin, Jazz Juice at the GPO in Galway, Thompson Garage in Belfast, the Soul Clinic, Dee-Bop, Irish Blogs
  • Somebody better mek a U-turn before de fire start burn.
  • Housing associations are to do a U-turn and ratify a new deal that allows tenants to buy their homes at a discount. Times, Sunday Times
  • On Sunday night last, locals in the village were disgusted to find that boyracers had once again left their mark on the village green areas doing their wheelie, u-turns and digging up the soft ground.
  • The hip hop star backed out of saying anything and quickly did a U-turn. The Sun
  • A spokesman said: The proof that Wendy Alexander's U-turn was an unorganised and freelance operation is confirmed by Downing Street's failure to endorse her comments. Archive 2008-05-01
  • The result would be an embarrassing U-turn for family members if they are forced into a takeover bid for the company. Times, Sunday Times
  • Caught in my imagining, I miss the U-turn of the escort truck and am jolted by the roaring four-by-four off-roading as it swerves around our vehicle.
  • I don't think we can dignify today's announcement with the word U-turn. BBC News - Home
  • YO-YO would be a more accurate way to describe the succession of U-turns made recently by John Major and his Ministers.
  • But one top economist viewed the Government's decision to spotlight manufacturing as another U-turn.
  • Michael and Sara wait in the ambulance while Lincoln and Sucre are camped out in a LeMans. Wyatt calls Pad Man. As the limo makes a u-turn, the team realizes it's a trap.
  • After the waltz-like opening the track does a quick U-turn into a castanet flavored jig before doing a quick hop on a drum roll that opens the door for a trumpet solo that runs the song out.
  • At the end of Main Street, make a U-turn when you hit another gate, called Zenrin Mon or the Zenrin Gate, and retrace your steps to the koban (police station). Yokohama
  • I think that people can see the political expediency of the U-turn. Times, Sunday Times
  • Erin Joynt, 33, was sunbathing when a beach patrol pickup truck veered out of the designated vehicle lane and struck her in the head and back while making a U-turn. Mom Survives Horrific Beach Accident
  • I pulled in to the pub to do a U-turn and there were eight kids with their pocket money out, hoping to buy a choc-ice or whatever. Home | Mail Online
  • It made the U-turn after the web giant said spying breached its terms. The Sun
  • We did an extremely fast U-turn and shot south up the Boulevard St. Michel.
  • I overshot the house where he was staying, so he ran off the porch and ran down the middle of the street, arms waving; I did a U-turn and drove back at him, weaving all over the street.
  • Housing associations are to do a U-turn and ratify a new deal that allows tenants to buy their homes at a discount. Times, Sunday Times
  • The Prime Minister did/made a quick U-turn in response to all the adverse publicity.
  • The car made a U-turn, the men in the car yelling and gesturing angrily at me.
  • Its officials, and many chairmen in the top division, are furious that Taylor has allegedly done a U-turn over transfers.
  • I guess just having their own digital camera isn't enough to thrill kids these days, so Digital Blue's U-Turn camera comes with a 'morph' feature that will distort the images with one of 12 preset effects including swirls and the technological breakthrough known as the stretchy head. OhGizmo!
  • For controllability in tight corners and when executing U-turns, K-ACT's coactive function does not engage when braking is initiated at speeds below 12mph Top Speed
  • The hip hop star backed out of saying anything and quickly did a U-turn. The Sun
  • A pragmatic reassessment of tax and spending policy in the light of changed circumstances aka a U-turn would be sensible but politically explosive. Fiscal U-turn would be a tricky manoeuvre
  • Here, where the river takes a sharp U-turn, a suspension bridge connects the highway to a small mountain studded with a temple, a towering pagoda and a large golden statue of the Buddha.
  • The planning inspector initially rejected this area from the park but after influential pressure agreed to a U-turn. Times, Sunday Times
  • An early manoeuvre involves a U-turn across one of the epic avenues of central BeiJing. Times, Sunday Times
  • Then, a little way off, she arcs into an effortless U-turn.
  • My first streetcar trip had one other close call, a sport-utility vehicle hauling a trailer that made a U-turn right in front of us.
  • U-turning, he drove off in the direction of the distant city, without so much as another backward glance.
  • I think that people can see the political expediency of the U-turn. Times, Sunday Times
  • An early manoeuvre involves a U-turn across one of the epic avenues of central BeiJing. Times, Sunday Times
  • Though the tarmac takes a smooth U-turn on to the next straight, rider and machine will not describe such a graceful arc.
  • Nobody likes U-turns, but maybe they will say that those alternatives were not given a proper airing at the time. Times, Sunday Times
  • U-turning, he drove off in the direction of the distant city, without so much as another backward glance.
  • Critics accused the government of doing a U-turn on its promise to increase education spending.
  • In another health U-turn they say butter, cheese and red meat are linked to premature death. The Sun
  • Beethoven managed to put an end to this noble tradition by inaugurating a barbaric U-turn away from an other-directed music to an inward-directed, narcissistic focus on the composer himself and his own tortured soul.
  • An aggressive u-turn and associated hand signals to other drivers followed.
  • As U-turns go, it makes the recent conversion of that MP from hanger and flogger to the acceptable face of breakfast TV seem inconsequential.
  • Unlike other systems that stroppily tell you to make a U-turn, it calmly and almost invisibly replots the route.
  • I was waiting on the zigzag lines outside the school because there was a car in front doing a U-turn. Times, Sunday Times
  • The edit made it seem like it was a footrace to the U-Turn box between you and the Globetrotters. Amazing Race's Jet and Cord: It Would've Been "Really Cool" If Someone Told Us the Answer

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