Word: backtrack
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Gorbachev is going to be thrown out--and I think there's every reason to believe that he probably will--then if you made all kinds of accommodations on the assumption that there is a brand new world order, you could find yourself embarrassed, having to backtrack, being called a dupe and also involving yourself in some things that would be much more costly if you have to try to gear up again after what did take place," Goldman says...
...play out the game may become a full- time occupation. They could succeed. Congress is not eager to force legally mandated across-the-board budget cuts next fall. After posturing for partisan effect, the Hill may be more than willing to become a co-conspirator in permitting Bush to backtrack...
Thirdbaseman Carney Lansford led off the inning with a single up the middle and on a hit-and-run, second-baseman Tony Phillips grounded a ball towards the hole vacated by Dodger shortstop Alfredo Griffin, who was covering second base. Griffin was forced to backtrack to the ball and Phillips beat out the play for an infield...
...Court unanimously rejected the appeal, refusing, for the moment, to backtrack on its past desegregation rulings. But the decision does not preclude further attacks on court-ordered busing plans. Assistant Attorney General William Bradford Reynolds, who heads the Justice Department civil rights division, said last week that the Court's refusal to hear the appeal did not mean that the legal issue was closed. "In an appropriate case, he added, "we will not hesitate to again ask the Supreme Court to rule on this question, which is so important to millions of citizens." The Administration is currently trying to dismantle...
...their name, "Bosman," by 17th century Dutch settlers because of their ability to use the brushy landscape for their own protection. In admiration of the skills the Bushman has acquired from millenniums of hunting game, one lieutenant observes, "For the Bushman, tracking is a science. He can track and backtrack, use false tracks-all the dirty tricks...