McNally discovered his talent for turning tables in his mid-twenties, while working as an oyster shucker in New York.

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"You have Gilbert and George, with their photographic collage 'Coronation Cross, ' really turning the tables, " Moorhouse adds.

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Many are turning the tables on the big manufacturers, and getting the giants to do their manufacturing for them instead.

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Blogging pioneer Doc Searls has long argued that customers should shield their data and charge a price for it, turning the tables on marketing giants and their data-gathering web-crawlers.

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You could read about it in The Big Player by Kenny Uston, Turning the Tables On Las Vegas by Ian Anderson, Professional Blackjack by Stanford Wong and Repeat Until Rich by Josh Axelrod.

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Now, it seems, the tables are turning.

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Now, the tables are turning again.

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Now, the tables are turning.

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The tables are turning.

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But now the tables seem to be turning if not already turned.

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Organized into two groups, his workers were turning out comparatively large production runs of, say, 15 dining tables or 25 chairs.

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