Word: backtracked
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...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...
...necessary. Black campus organizations should stress the notion that because we now have access to better facilities, our responsibility to share what we learn with other Blacks--now and for the rest of our lives--is that much greater. True, we should fight against those who now want to backtrack on positive affirmative action steps, but our main emphasis should be on how to use the opportunities we have to help those who will follow...