Word: turnabout
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Dates: during 1922-1922
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...striking example of a quick turnabout on the part of the Chinese was given in 1911 when in connection with the revolt against the Manchus, the Cantonese first, and then the Chinese of other provinces almost completely eliminated the queue in a very few days. This was very forcibly impressed upon me by my own observation on December 10th of that year. In my hotel at luncheon, all the waiters and houseboys were wearing queues and at dinner time not a single queue was to be seen, though many hands were raised to the backs of heads to make perfectly...