When Schilling met with then-governor of Rhode Island, Donald Carcieri, things seemed to take a turn for the better.

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NATO's action may turn out to be quite different, but only if events take a turn for the better, and do so pretty soon.

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No matter which initiative or investment they announce to great headlines now, many of the colour-coded graphs in this report won't take a turn for the better for a decade, perhaps two.

BBC: My big, fat Welsh annual report.

If the weather does take a turn for the better, there is the real possibility that James Tredwell will be pressed into service, barely 24 hours after stepping off a flight from England.

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The wait and see attitude of business and consumers regarding the fiscal cliff, which has been creating the recent weakness in economic reports, would likely take a decided turn for the better again if a reasonable compromise is reached to avoid the cliff, or at least kick it down the road again.

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If things do take a turn for the worst, at least vendors are better off under the new bankruptcy laws.

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