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  1. Turned Away

    Turned Away is a 1989 debut single by singer/songwriter Chuckii Booker. The single went to number one the Billboard R&B singles chart for one week and peaked at number forty-two on the Hot 100.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of turned away in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of turned away in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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    People who are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful and feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Some psychologists call it a conflict between ego-orientation, or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation... but in all cases, what counts is whether attention is turned away from the task at hand and focused on the self and its future rewards, or whether it is instead trained on the task itself. The latter attitude seems the more fruitful.

  2. Ben Valencia and Luis Marmolejo:

    She offered to provide the gay couple with a list of bakeries that would meet their needs, but she said the men simply walked out of the store. A few days later she received a telephone call from the local newspaper. The gay couple had gone public — and had accused the Delorme family of discrimination. It just kind of makes you feel dehumanized, Ben Valencia told the News-Journal. People shouldn't have to worry about going into a business, especially a public business that serves the public, and have to worry about being turned away for something, for who you are.

  3. Officer Michael Fanone:

    I was very cordial. I extended my hand to shake his hand. He just stared at me. I asked if he was going to shake my hand, and he told me that he didn't who know I was. So I introduced Officer Michael Fanone. I said that I was Officer Michael Fanone. That I was a DC Metropolitan Police officer who fought on January 6 to defend the Capitol and, as a result, I suffered a traumatic brain injury as well as a heart attack after having been tased numerous times at the base of my skull, as well as being severely beaten, at that point, the congressman turned away from me.

  4. Stacia George:

    We have so many people being turned away, particularly women.

  5. Amanda Zurawski:

    Dr. Skop is not my physician. She has never been my physician. She has never treated me. She has not seen my medical records, quite frankly, my physician and my team of health care professionals that I saw over the course of three days, while I was repeatedly turned away from health care access, made the decision to not provide an abortion because that’s what they felt they had to do under Texas’ law.

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