1.   As the year turns all sides are holding their breath and hoping it brings the good news the region needs to hear.

2.   As the year turned, there were three lead-pipe cinches on the board in the USA, it seemed.

3.   As the year turns, though, the pessimists have the upper hand.

4.   Before you know it, a year turns into forever.

5.   After a heady start, this year turned into a rout for initial public offerings.

6.   But perhaps that wasted year will turn out to be a blessing in disguise.

7.   But this year is turning out to be extraordinarily hard on a large number of Massachusetts high-tech stocks.

8.   Last year was not a banner year, and this year is turning out the same.

9.   Levy, of the Sephardic Hebrew Center, said Miami Cubans have for years turned their backs on Havana.

10.   Maybe they need a few more years to turn the disaster into something positive.