back-pedaling

Decision makers cannot afford any U-turning and politicians should stop back-pedaling on their decisions -- no matter what the political costs entail.

Elena Panaritis: Institutional Reforms Can Lead Greece Out of the Crisis Elena Panaritis 2011

Decision makers cannot afford any U-turning and politicians should stop back-pedaling on their decisions -- no matter what the political costs entail.

Elena Panaritis: Institutional Reforms Can Lead Greece Out of the Crisis Elena Panaritis 2011

The Obama administration has been desperately back-pedaling on that one, plaintively reminding all who will listen that the president's call for 1967 borders included an important qualifier -- with agreed upon swaps.

Ken Blackwell: Think Twice, UN! Ken Blackwell 2011

The Obama administration has been desperately back-pedaling on that one, plaintively reminding all who will listen that the president's call for 1967 borders included an important qualifier -- with agreed upon swaps.

Ken Blackwell: Think Twice, UN! Ken Blackwell 2011

The Obama administration has been desperately back-pedaling on that one, plaintively reminding all who will listen that the president's call for 1967 borders included an important qualifier -- with agreed upon swaps.

Ken Blackwell: Think Twice, UN! Ken Blackwell 2011

Blackburn said he lifted weights at a gym and then went to a local park, where he worked on back-pedaling and breaking, running like he would on kickoffs and punt returns, and performing all the drills he did last Wednesday when the Giants didn't give him even one practice snap to watch before throwing him in.

Different Number, Same Blackburn Aditi Kinkhabwala 2011

Indeed, Watts has been back-pedaling for months, ever since the preliminary findings were known.

Kelly Rigg: The War Against Climate Science Unravels Kelly Rigg 2011

Sure seems like there is a lot of back-pedaling going on.

Peter Sumaruck II 2010

And it explains why, after the unbridled explosion of corporate paper in the past two years, the authorities are now back-pedaling to bring down exposures, precisely to preserve bank asset quality and leverage ratios.

Why China Is a Financial Midget Jonathan Anderson 2011

The Obama administration has been desperately back-pedaling on that one, plaintively reminding all who will listen that the president's call for 1967 borders included an important qualifier -- with agreed upon swaps.

Ken Blackwell: Think Twice, UN! Ken Blackwell 2011