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  • The traditional model was a dramatically styled, head-turning expression of a manufacturer's ambition and ability.

    Dream Cars Matthew Master 2010

  • And for politicos up on their international relations, the choice of an Indian American designer proved that fashion isn't frivolous; it's head-turning diplomacy.

    Michelle Obama's power moves Nia-Malika Henderson 2010

  • We have to give them something head-turning to look at.

    O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011

  • We have to give them something head-turning to look at.

    O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011

  • From chrome grilles, to chrome exhaust tips, to chrome door handles and mirror covers, a vast array of Mercedes parts for chrome detailing are available to outfit your ride into a piece of head-turning luxury equipment that stands in a class of style all its own.

    Han Ups | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

  • We have to give them something head-turning to look at.

    O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011

  • But those were merely steps toward a new beginning: Improbably, R&S has become one of dance music's premier labels in the here and now, thanks to a head-turning assortment of EPs by right-now acts such as Radio Slave, Pariah, Space Dimension Controller, Untold, and – oh yes – James Blake, whose 2010 R&S 12-inch CMYK is the track that launched the hype machine into overdrive.

    Dance music gets nostalgic: the disco and rave reissue boom 2011

  • People who lose weight with diet alone develop a flat, shapeless appearance, not a fit, lively, head-turning one.

    Body by Design Kris Gethin 2011

  • Now I have all the head-turning fun of a multimirrored modstyle vintage Vespa with the conscience-soothing, completely silent, clean, and nonpolluting practicality of a thoroughly modern electric scooter.

    E Is for Environment Ian James Corlett 2011

  • We have to give them something head-turning to look at.

    O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011

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