Mr. Ghosn has become a household name in Japan for the swift financial turnaround he engineered at Nissan and for its phalanx of hot-selling vehicles.

It has been a swift turnaround for a hitter whose May average (.208) was the worst of any calendar month of his career.

But the swift turnaround from purchase to partial spinoff raises the question of whether the smart money knows something the rest of us do not.

A key to swift turnarounds, submariners said, is the design.

Karl, who was fired by Milwaukee 18 months ago, said his players understood that he was hired to execute a swift turnaround.

Then comes a swift turnaround.

The company experienced a swift turnaround in 2004 from its earlier financial troubles of the 1990s.

But other analysts say that such a swift turnaround could prove politically toublesome for the Mayor.

In a swift turnaround last month, analysts decided the dollar was too cheap, especially against the German mark.

Mr. Gaffney's proposal reflected a swift turnaround of the county's fiscal fortunes.