• Eyewitnesses and residents described their community -- so accustomed to military planes taking off near their homes -- suddenly taking a surreal turn for the worse when the jet fell out of the sky and spewed its fuel, a possible maneuver to minimize the inevitable fire upon crashing.

    CNN: Navy jet has 'catastrophic mechanical malfunction,' hits apartments in Virginia

  • That in turn could encourage risk-taking by British firms.

    ECONOMIST: Investment banking

  • Now, after giving up her role as Doctor Who's assistant Rose, Billie Piper's career is taking another turn - towards the West End stage.

    BBC: Billie: live in the Breakfast studio

  • As for Mrs Buffet, she has proved an incisive minister of sport in the Socialist-led coalition government of Lionel Jospin, notably by refusing to turn a blind eye to rampant drug-taking in the annual Tour de France cycle race.

    ECONOMIST: The party is probably on the skids, whoever runs it

  • Hence, in part, the time it is taking to turn first-round licences into turbines.

    ECONOMIST: Offshore energy: I'll huff and I'll puff | The

  • Taking off from turn-of-the century France, with "petticoat pioneer" Alice Guy who saw beyond the camera's scientific uses.

    CNN: March on The Screening Room

  • The race handicapper and judge, Frank Sims, said he was very pleased with the turn-out with over 60 swimmers taking the icy plunge in the early morning mist of central London.

    BBC: Sport

  • But it was Cosker who was day's star turn with the ball, taking 3-0 in 13 deliveries to wrap up the Essex innings and finish with career-best figures.

    BBC: Cardiff set for last-day thriller

  • In Pyongyang, workers, soldiers and children gather in front of towering bronze casts or giant mosaics of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il, taking it in turn to shuffle forwards in lines and bow.

    BBC: On holiday in North Korea

  • But there are concerns that banks are keeping these no-hope companies alive in order to avoid taking further, potentially significant losses - and this, in turn, could be holding them back from new lending, which is needed to boost the economy.

    BBC: 'Zombie' companies eating away at economic growth

  • Our drift toward ever-smaller gadgets is now taking a turn toward the embiggened.

    FORBES: Nintendo 3DS XL Launches In The US

  • YIISA's closure also sends a clear message to Jewish donors concerned about the anti-Jewish turn that so many top universities are taking.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Yale, Jews, and Double Standards

  • Looked at in this light, Mr Santorum is merely taking his turn as the final non-Romney, pushed aloft less by his own positives than by the negatives of his competitors, notably Mr Gingrich's bloated ego and Mr Romney's lack of conviction.

    ECONOMIST: Lexington

  • Mr. Cheadle is taking another comic turn in the new half-hour Showtime series "House of Lies, " premiering Jan. 8.

    WSJ: Don Cheadle Talks About 'House of Lies' on Showtime

  • It was that we turn a corner away from the type of excessive risk-taking that got us into having to ask the taxpayers to loan banks hundreds of billions of dollars.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • Mr Walker, in turn, has achieved national fame for taking on the public-sector unions, much as Chris Christie, the Republican governor of New Jersey, became a hero on the right for imposing budget cuts on reluctant Democrats in his state legislature.

    ECONOMIST: Taking on the public-sector unions

  • When digital picture-taking was developed, the Polaroid category was disrupted in turn.

    FORBES: Disrupted Rainy Weekend Reading (Or Viewing): IBM On Disruptive Innovation

  • While retirees are required to begin taking annual distributions from pre-tax IRAs when they turn 70.5, no such requirement applies to Roth IRAs.

    FORBES: Retirement Accounts

  • Their discount is off whatever the current stock price is--meaning they can turn a quick profit by selling the stock immediately, before taking possession of the new shares.

    FORBES: Toxic Stocks

  • On Feb. 1, founder Michael Dell returned to the helm of the company, taking over from Kevin Rollins, who had been struggling to turn the computer-maker around.

    FORBES: Dell Climbs Out Of Accounting Hell

  • Verrazano, the 4-5 favorite in the 10-horse field, raced comfortably behind pacesetter Chrisandthecapper before taking charge on the turn and winning by the closest margin of his brief but so far brilliant career.

    WSJ: Verrazano wins Wood to remain unbeaten

  • Ridden by John Velazquez, 4-5 favorite Verrazano raced comfortably behind early pacesetter Chrisandthecapper before taking charge on the turn.

    WSJ: Verrazano wins Wood to remain unbeaten

  • It has become easy for them to turn an increase in the value of a house into spending money by taking out a home-equity loan.

    ECONOMIST: The economy

  • If it is what it appears to be-a blueprint for the Obama administration's effort to construct a foreign policy different from George W. Bush's-then the nation's governing elite is in the process of taking a sharp, indeed radical, turn away from the principles and practices of representative self-government that have been at the core of the American experiment since the nation's founding.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The coming war on sovereignty

  • Corporations are taking it upon themselves to catch bad guys--even their own customers--and turn them in.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • But none of them have decided to turn their job and their organization into a giant Obama commercial, because some people may think that taking a non-partisan organization and using it for a personal mission would be irresponsible.

    FORBES: The Election of the Ant and the Grasshopper

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