Word: backsliding
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...dinner some of his aides groaned when they saw the delays flash on their BlackBerrys. "They've only gotten to the appetizers," said one at 10 p.m., distressed about the long delay. Still, it would be mistake to dismiss the summit or to think that the region has backslid to the days when extremist politics dominated...
...Somewhat like Paul, Islam concluded that God chooses his people on grounds of commitment rather than lineage, meaning that Abraham's only true followers are true believers--i.e., Muslims. Moreover, if Allah ever had a pact with the Jews as a race, they backslid out of it in episodes such as the worship of the golden calf in the Torah's book of Exodus. Indeed, the Koran advises Muslims proselytized by either Jews or Christians to answer, "Nay... (we follow) the religion of Abraham...
...Boots Weren't Made for Marching Learning to Swallow the Big D ? Discipline Just in Case You Run Out of Bullets... When Private Is the Last Thing You Can Be Ah, the Smell of Tear Gas in the Morning... Wrestling ? a Little ? With My Conscience Sorry, Sergeant, But I Backslid a Little... Learning a Soldier's Core Competency: How to Kill No $500 Toilet Seats at This Old Boot Camp Preparing to Get the Boot From Boot Camp
...Boots Weren't Made for Marching Learning to Swallow the Big D ? Discipline Just in Case You Run Out of Bullets... When Private Is the Last Thing You Can Be Ah, the Smell of Tear Gas in the Morning... Wrestling ? a Little ? With My Conscience Sorry, Sergeant, But I Backslid a Little... Learning a Soldier's Core Competency: How to Kill
...Boots Weren't Made for Marching Learning to Swallow the Big D ? Discipline Just in Case You Run Out of Bullets... When Private Is the Last Thing You Can Be Ah, the Smell of Tear Gas in the Morning... Wrestling ? a Little ? With My Conscience Sorry, Sergeant, But I Backslid a Little...