But the backdown was a costly one, which Senator Brown was seeking a treasury briefing on, he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference

The Buy American clause and the ensuing "backdown" by Congress meant nothing.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference

We are witnessing a backdown by the House leadership.    From Wordnik.com.  [Impeachment Hearings: A Win is a Win] Reference

"This would be too cowardly a backdown," he soliloquized.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hanover; Or The Persecution of the Lowly A Story of the Wilmington Massacre.] Reference

Life has been a little stressful, but not a fight I backdown on.    From Wordnik.com.  [Do Over] Reference

In fact, the bottom of the Channel 4 report reveals that backdown.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dallas Blog, Daily News, Dallas Politics, Opinion, and Commentary FrontBurner Blog D Magazine » Blog Archive » Leading Off (11/12/09)] Reference

Standing suddenly, she walked to the door, closed it, and sat backdown.    From Wordnik.com.  [Devil's Waltz]

The truth behind his uncharacteristic backdown makes interesting reading.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why Did John Reid Bottle It?] Reference

Kekana, said Nextcom's backdown was a victory for South African consumers.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

As an author living in Australia I despaired at the recent govt backdown on book imports.    From Wordnik.com.  [Update on the Amazon International Kindle and What It Means For Authors | The Creative Penn] Reference

The victim's body was carried backdown the steps and put on an altar at the base of the pyramid.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Eternal Mercenary]

Dyantyi said his decision was "certainly no backdown", and that he would continue to monitor service delivery in what he called a.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

The media will be no help at all, as we can see, and I doubt that the Democrats have the heart — as their recent backdown shows.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Maybe We Can Call Them “Ponies”] Reference

TWO WEEKS AGO SADDAM HUSSEIN'S LAST-MINUTE backdown averted U.S. airstrikes on Iraq -- and made some Americans wonder if he was warned.    From Wordnik.com.  [A U.S.-Approved Tip-Off] Reference

The mob were weakening and all they wanted was for some one to coax them to desist, so it would not look so much like a square backdown.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Authentic Life of Billy The Kid]

Well I know what's right, I got just one life in a world that keeps on pushin 'me around but I'll stand my ground, and I won't backdown by.    From Wordnik.com.  [Time to Hit Back Harder] Reference

A backdown by Prudential would stifle other UK deals.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Honda sees India, Southeast Asia boosting sales] Reference

I am glad the LPGA backdown from this racist policy.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Big Lead] Reference

Chinese Internet activists applaud Google, see no backdown.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Google and China, or how moral values can change business interests] Reference

The "minute-men" declared Mr. Toombs 'letter was a backdown.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage] Reference

EU mulls over reward for Serbia after Kosovo backdown - Summary.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference

This is not the time to backdown and complain about exhaustion.    From Wordnik.com.  [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference

Cattle industry says CPRS backdown mustn't stop methane research.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Eating 30 percent less meat good for health, planet] Reference

"On to Richmond" backdown was not more sad to me, not half so sad.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years] Reference

American historians have usually attributed Napoleon's backdown to.    From Wordnik.com.  [From Isolation to Leadership, Revised A Review of American Foreign Policy] Reference

"It looks first-rate to a fellow that hasn't got any backdown in him.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Romance of California Life] Reference

The Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott, said the move was a major backdown.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines] Reference

I don't think a stint backdown to the minors is the worst thing for him.    From Wordnik.com.  [MetsBlog.com] Reference

The USCIS is a very stubborn agency and will not backdown unless they are sued.    From Wordnik.com.  [ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds] Reference

Enabled right thumbstick click to toggle between face up and backdown postures.    From Wordnik.com.  [GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features] Reference

Boston District Seven Councilman Chuck Turner isn't one to backdown for anyone.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Business News] Reference

They better not backdown, this is part of my retirement money that is being taken.    From Wordnik.com.  [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference

Morocco, the result was a backdown for Germany, and it left scars which would not heal.    From Wordnik.com.  [The World War and What was Behind It Or, the Story of the Map of Europe] Reference

PUBLIC outrage forced the Federal Government into a humiliating backdown yesterday after.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daily Telegraph | Top Stories] Reference

"We would actually like to see a total backdown by the opposition to resolve this issue.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference