Backdown

But the backdown was a costly one, which Senator Brown was seeking a treasury briefing on, he said. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But Ms Robinson says she welcomed the rebate and the backdown is a sign Labor has renegaded on a 2007 election commitment to create an exploration incentive. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The backdown is a tacit admission the free-to-air networks bungled their first attempt to pitch digital free-to-air TV to national consumers when they launched the Freeview brand in November. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Tony Abbott slams 'backdown' as Julia Gillard proposes 50-50 hospital deal JULIA Gillard is offering states a 50/50 split in paying for public hospital cost increases as she strips back the complex funding reforms attempted by her predecessor Kevin Rudd. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The Buy American clause and the ensuing "backdown" by Congress meant nothing. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But this August has been bad for the Obama administration primarily because the liberal knives have finally come out for him, with the maraschino cherry on top being the backdown on ozone regulations at month's end. ❋ Harry Shearer (2011)

Recent legislation improving the status and rights of women led to protests and demonstrations in Bamako; the government was criticised for being pushed into even these very modest measures by donors and was forced to backdown and withdraw the legislation. ❋ Madeleine Bunting (2010)

As an author living in Australia I despaired at the recent govt backdown on book imports. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Brown used his superior strength to backdown McGee for layups and scored seven points, forcing Saunders to call on rookie big man Kevin Seraphin to put a body on Brown. ❋ Michael Lee (2011)

If only they open their eyes and carefully think about the healthcare reform of the president and the longterm benefits of it, they won't backdown from their support of the president. ❋ Unknown (2009)

After that bar was discovered, it was pretty clear that the Court would kick Sullivan backdown. ❋ Unknown (2010)

They DNC cannot backdown or every state (swing or otherwise) will be moving their primaries or caucuses before Xmas, with each one trying to out do the other. ❋ Unknown (2008)

So the Medicare expansion, even if it's not diluted any further, is a backdown from a compromise proposal that was a itself compromise from the Democrats '2008 campaign pledges - pledges which were themselves less than what most experts felt needed to be done. ❋ RJ (2009)

In fact, the bottom of the Channel 4 report reveals that backdown. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Bolling will backdown (highlighting the critical error in judgment not running for the 1st House seat, which he could have won) but McDonnell will go toe to toe with Allen and probably beat him. ❋ Unknown (2007)

"Did you watch last [nigh't] game? Replacement refs made a great [BACKDOWN] call for the [NFL] last night" ❋ The Zunicorn (2012)