We face, indeed, what may be a turning point in history, and we must act decisively and wisely.

He saw the Starbird as she lay, her slender mast up and gently turning, its point describing constant languid circles against a cumulus sky.

When was the turning point??

The publication of Alfred Kroeber's textbook, Anthropology, marked a turning point in American anthropology.

Davis believed the loss of Johnston " was the turning point of our fate ".

This would be the turning point in the Peninsular War against Napoleon-led France.

* The Capture of Brielle, marked a turning point in the uprising of the Low Countries against Spain in the Eighty Years ' War.

The turning point for Ainu culture was the beginning of the Meiji Restoration in 1868.

It was the battle with the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War and is often described as the war's turning point.

This was a key turning point in the Battle of the Atlantic, enabling the Royal Air Force, the U. S. Army Air Forces, and the U. S. Navy to provide aerial coverage in the Mid-Atlantic gap.

This command included the Battle of El Alamein, a turning point in the Western Desert Campaign.

The climax of the third book is the account of the Council of Whitby, traditionally seen as a major turning point in English history.

A decisive battle is one of particular importance ; often by bringing hostilities to an end, such as the Battle of Hastings or the Battle of Hattin, or as a turning point in the fortunes of the belligerents, such as the Battle of Stalingrad.

This, his maiden Test century in his fifth Test, was the turning point of the series as West Indies won the final two Tests to win the series 2 – 1. Lara went on to name his daughter Sydney after scoring 277 at SCG.

However, defeat at the Battle of Salamis would be the turning point in the campaign, and the next year the expedition was ended by the decisive Greek victory at the Battle of Plataea.

It was the battle with the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War and is often described as the war's turning point.

Many military historians say that the battle of Schwetz / Świecino was the turning point of the Thirteen Years ' War, leading to the final victory in 1466.

" The confrontation between Italy and Ethiopia at Adwa was a fundamental turning point in Ethiopian history ," writes Henze.

Calvin considered the first coming of Christ as the key turning point in human history.

The discovery of the New World represented a major turning point in the history of food because of the movement of foods from and to Europe, such as potatoes, tomatoes, corn, yams, and beans.

Industrialization was also a turning point that changed how food affected the nation.

One important turning point came in the Seven Years ' War, when the British conquered the port of Havana and introduced thousands of slaves in a ten month period.

A critical turning point comes when the King decides not to give money to a man who has committed theft but instead to cut off his head and also to carry out this punishment in a particularly cruel and humiliating manner, parading him in public to the sound of drums as he is taken to the execution ground outside the city.

The loss marked a major turning point in Northern Territory politics, a result which was exacerbated when, at the 2005 NT election, the ALP won a second landslide victory, reducing the once-dominant party to a total of just four members in the Legislative Assembly. The 2008 saw the CLP reverse its earlier election losses, increasing its representation from four to 11 members.

Even though it did not feel like it, this was a turning point in the club's history leading to a period of turbulence and change including further promotion and exile.

Come early February, Blaze had cut the 11 point lead Belfast held at Christmas, and when the two met at the Skydome, an 8 – 0 win in Coventry ’ s favour proved a massive turning point.

Blade defeats Zarathos by turning him into stone ; he remained that way until the Ghost Rider Hammerlane Mini-Series where he began to reconstitute himself within Johnny Blaze, after which he and Johnny made peace with one another.

The French moved first to Tirlemont, ( as if to threaten Zoutleeuw, abandoned by the French in October 1705 ), before turning southwards, heading for Jodoigne – this line of march took Villeroi ’ s army towards the narrow aperture of dry ground between the Mehaigne and Petite Gheete rivers close to the small villages of Ramillies and Taviers ; but neither commander quite appreciated how far his opponent had travelled.

De Guiscard ’ s right flank, without proper infantry support, could no longer resist the onslaught and, turning their horses northwards, they broke and fled in complete disorder.

After all that had happened, open shadowing, friends turning away, Pasternak ’ s suicidal condition at the time, one can ... understand her: the memory of Stalin ’ s camps was too fresh, she tried to protect him.

Recognizing that this type of service is an important factor in attracting and retaining customers, organizations are increasingly turning to technology to help them improve their clients ’ experience while aiming to increase efficiency and minimize costs.

Preserving fruit by turning it into jam, for example, involves boiling ( to reduce the fruit ’ s moisture content and to kill bacteria, yeasts, etc.

Bernhard ’ s focus on Jungian depth psychology proved to be the single greatest influence on Fellini ’ s mature style and marked the turning point in his work from neorealism to filmmaking that was “ primarily oneiric ”.

Unable to draw Flaminius into battle by mere devastation, Hannibal marched boldly around his opponent ’ s left flank and effectively cut Flaminius off from Rome ( thus executing the first recorded turning movement in military history ).

With all the Muslim dominated provinces except the Punjab under Jinnah ’ s control, the artificial concept of a separate Muslim State was turning into a reality.

The turning point in Chernenko ’ s career was his assignment in 1948 to head the Communist Party ’ s propaganda department in the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic.

At the same time it was clear that New Granada ’ s control over the isthmus was turning increasingly untenable.

If these tail adaptations were for balance and stability while turning, especially at high speeds, it wouldn ’ t explain why other predatory theropods lacked them.

The turning point came in June when a Buddhist monk, Quảng Đức, set himself on fire in the middle of a busy Saigon intersection in protest of Diệm ’ s policies ; photos of this event were disseminated around the world, and for many people these pictures came to represent the failure of Diệm's government.

To them Soil Democrats the movement to acquire Texas, and the fight over the Wilmot Proviso, marked the turning point, when aggressive slavemasters stole the heart and soul of the Democratic Party and began dictating the course of the nation ’ s destiny.

Building on the work of Marie and Pierre, who had isolated naturally occurring radioactive elements, Joliot-Curies realized the alchemist ’ s dream of turning one element into another, creating radioactive nitrogen from boron and then radioactive isotopes of phosphorus from aluminum and silicon from magnesium.

Stormbringer ’ s hunger for souls is such that it frequently betrays Elric by creating a bloodlust in his mind, turning in his hands and killing friends and lovers.

The revolution is the turning point of modern Indonesian history, and it has provided the reference point and validation for the country ’ s major political trends that continue to the present day.

That was a turning point in the company ’ s development after the crisis period of 2008.

During a battle, Odin, again in the guise of an old, one-eyed man, breaks Sigmund ’ s sword, turning the tide of the battle and ultimately leading to his death.

In 1949, John Davis was appointed and charged with the task of turning around the Rank Organisation ’ s fortunes.

EDM is often included in the ‘ non-traditional ’ or ‘ non-conventional ’ group of machining methods together with processes such as electrochemical machining ( ECM ), water jet cutting ( WJ, AWJ ), laser cutting and opposite to the ‘ conventional ’ group ( turning, milling, grinding, drilling and any other process whose material removal mechanism is essentially based on mechanical forces ).