1.   As the pilot pleaded with the hijacker, the plane made an abrupt turn past Albany, N.Y., due south toward Manhattan.

2.   In fasciation, some cells may take an abrupt turn and line up in a row.

3.   It performed an abrupt left turn.

4.   So it was that in the long march, Perigo eventually made an abrupt right turn.

5.   Suddenly, then, the flapping right hand seized the steering wheel, and the machine made an abrupt left turn through the oncoming traffic.

6.   The abrupt turn of events has landed Gleacher in the odd spot of helping to start a hostile takeover attempt on a company he worked for only recently.

7.   The merger talks between Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham represent an abrupt turn of events.

8.   Trimble urged people not to despair and contended that this latest abrupt turn on the path of bringing peace and political stability to Northern Ireland would not halt progress.

9.   While it has been obscured by the abrupt turns in the contest for governor, the Senate contest offers the most suspense in these final days.