Mr. Chernomyrdin's forceful intervention was an astonishing reversal of tactics for the Russian Government.

Such an astonishing reversal of history would result from one section of the crime bill passed recently by the Senate - a provision urged by the Administration.

The NATO air campaign launched in March 1999 - 78 days, 34,000 sorties - delivered an astonishing reversal of fortunes.

Exhilaration Has Been Muted Its adoption moves the nation that much closer toward democracy, capping a time of astonishing reversals in South Korean politics.

And, in an astonishing reversal of normal practice in the conduct of such matters, everybody concerned lived happily ever after.

The move represented an astonishing reversal: Assad had led the Arab world's campaign against Cairo's separate peace with Israel in 1979.

In an astonishing reversal, Judge Horton set aside the convictions, citing the "unreliability" of the state's only major witness, Victoria Price.

Since that time, of course, an astonishing reversal has occurred.

Botham made no bones about it: Dilley's batting made him believe that an astonishing reversal of fortune might be achieved.

Ms. Knight writes about Beria's "astonishing reversal of foreign policy."