This was how it was when his mind turned to high open windows or unlocked rooftop fire doors or breaks in the chain-link fences lining bridge walkways.

NEWYORKER: Another Manhattan

Back home in Australia after his wartime adventures, Mark Oliphant turned his mind to creating a scientific elite in a country more famous for its fine wool and champion cricketers.

ECONOMIST: Sir Mark Oliphant

Eisenstein, however, was more than a film maker and when prevented from working on the set, he turned his mind to other interests.

ECONOMIST: Film��s great might-have-been

Pink, who gave business a blueprint for thinking creatively in A Whole New Mind, has now turned his attention to sales, and his book is vastly entertaining and informative.

FORBES: Tales From the Sales Vault: The Myth of the Natural Salesperson

He put his hand on the door, as if to go, then he turned and smiled, not so much at me as at something that had just crossed his mind.

NEWYORKER: The Cold Outside