Somewhere around there, ... I made a mistake when I gave that date. I said ,'Uh-oh.' So, I'd better backtrack a little bit.
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They'll let you know if somebody opens credit, so you can go out, backtrack, alert law enforcement authorities...
My gut feeling, I thought that he was going to stay closer in this area. But you still can't throw away any facts that he could have the probability of going down there. So, we were playing both leads all the time. Who knows where he was going. I think a lot of that stuff will come out in the investigation as we backtrack.
The fact of the matter is he oftentimes exaggerates and then has to backtrack,
It's nice to be able to backtrack and not be embarrassed by the music you used to listen to.
His recent statements and policy positions make it look like he's trying to cut into the Democrats' advantage among coastal voters. However, others are trying to get him to backtrack to shore up support among his Republican base. How he ends up resolving this will probably be the major strategic decision facing his re-election campaign.
However, if you backtrack to the point of why I did this, I did this in accordance with the rules of engagement and the command-control structure that I was working under.
If Tuesday works out, we'll come back Wednesday. If we don't make any progress and people decide to backtrack on ideas, there won't be a Wednesday meeting. I don't even want to fathom to think (what would happen) if it falls through.
Never forget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes on and on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.
It's very helpful if parents have some sort of calendar that is large enough and is posted in a prominent place. In one color you have written when the science fair project is due. And then you backtrack from that date breaking down that science fair project into manageable chunks of time. Great big projects tend to scare kids.
The recovery is not off the ground yet and there's a danger it could be nipped in the bud in its infancy. I think a lot of economists who have been very cocky over the last month, revising expectations up to ridiculous levels, are starting to backtrack.