It is a striking turnabout from a complicated earlier attempt begun in 2000, which so confused consumers that it had failed by 2003.

That is a striking turnabout in the image of the Democrats.

In a striking turnabout, the Republicans are blaming the Democrats for fueling the proliferation in spending.

Plea From Authors' Guild McGraw Hill's abandonment of the suit is a striking turnabout.

But in a striking turnabout, this time it was the politicians who were seething over New York's budget problems and openly doubting the likelihood of reform.

It is a striking turnabout for the 70-year-old defense secretary, whose assertive style fueled rumors before the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, that he was a short-timer.

All this represents a striking turnabout.

And in a particularly striking turnabout, these actors with disabilities are playing comedy, inviting the audience to laugh with them, not at them.

The reception was a striking turnabout for a man whose support among the city's largely Democratic Hispanic voters helped propel him to the Mayor's job less than two years ago.

When the two had a cordial meeting in Mr. Gore's office earlier this year it was a striking turnabout.