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Turn

In the equities market, a reversal; unwind.

Reversal

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Mantl finds that town councils were more than willing to turn down applications for marriage, particularly if they came from day laborers, journeymen artisans, and impoverished master craftsmen.

Heirat als Privileg: Obrigkeitliche Heiratsbeschrankungen in Tirol und Vorarlberg 1820 bis 1920

I never turn down a request for help for ACA," said Joe.

A tribute to Joe Kruger

Or maybe we can turn down the amount of daf-16 activity in people and mimic what we see in the worm.

Insulin may guide gene expression

However, individuals who turn down the first offer believing they have bought extra time to job hunt, quickly become disenchanted.

Smart people, dumb choices

Many observers have difficulty accepting that discrimination exists because they do not believe that rational lenders would turn down a perfectly good application simply because the applicant was black or Hispanic.

Statement by Richard F. Syron, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate, February 24, 1993

The only difference I have ever detected is that newly tenured faculty tend to turn down what they view as undesirable assignments, such as serving on faculty committees or acting as student advisors.

I turned down tenure; why other professors should, too

Scion called upon Metrocall to clarify whether Arch has already waived the appraisal condition and why, as suggested by Metrocall's press release, Arch would seek to renegotiate the merger if Metrocall shareholders turn down the current proposal when Arch already has that right regardless of how Metrocall stockholders vote.

Scion Capital LLC Seeks Clarification from Metrocall Holdings, Inc. on Recent Press Release

If the pair is going to turn down, then this is a good place for that to happen.