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Mother, one never to back down from a fight, looked him in the eye and said, "I'm sorry, but I can't throw that far! "

Mother, never one to back down from a fight, looked him in the eye and said, 'I'm sorry, 'but I can't throw that far! '

The elders quietly reminded me that the men could shoot me at a moment's notice, but I refused to back down.

Trying to get this person to back down on their demands could be difficult, but see this period as good practice for presenting your case.

NEITHER Sri Lanka's government, nor the United Nations seems ready to back down over an increasingly bitter dispute.

By now he was actively engaged in resistance against the regime and, as he has written, his conscience would not allow him to back down.

I made public commitments of what I intended to do so it would be harder to back down.

But I determined not to back down; after all, there was the moon to think about.

But Ford refused to back down from his original response, insisting that Poland, Romania and Yugoslavia are free from Soviet interference.

If one of us feels strongly about something, the other one is always happy to back down.

Consumers may take another quarter or two to back down from spending commitments that are hard to revoke instantly.

Societe Generale, the France bank, had to back down over plans to award stock options to its chief executive and non-executive chairman.

It will require all-out, indefinite strike action, general strikes - to force them to back down or to bring these governments down.

The Norwegian side are playing hardball with The Gunners as they are unwilling to back down on their demands for the 16-year-old defender.

You are not inclined to back down, although you will seek out a common ground where the two of you can agree, if there is any.

There may be time, yet, for Mr Assad to back down. If he did, the Arab spring really might turn into summer.

But an angry EU response and a summons to the Cannes G20 summit for a reprimand led Mr Papandreou to back down.

The deal was clear: to secure lower interest charges, Ireland had to back down on tax.

I saw that she was right, so I had to back down.

They finally had to back down on their unreasonable demands.

So, if it's appropriate, take the chance to back down, back away, and invest in loss, as the Tai Chi masters say.

A 78-day bombing campaign by Nato led to an escalation of Serb-on-Albanian violence, but attacks on Belgrade forced it to back down.

In Western and Eastern regions, peaking power is being provided by thermal plants, some of which have to back down during off peak hours.

She refused to back down on a point of principle.

To back down now and abandon our plans would be the road to economic ruin.

The politicians are unlikely to back down, especially once a series of state elections is out of the way, in May.

Assad to back down. If he did, the Arab spring really might turn into summer.

But because we refused to back down, and kept fighting, we now stand on the verge of victory.

If your conflict becomes public, your boss will have no room to back down.

I have been sure they are going to back down, but there isn't a sign of that.

The Turkish prime minister accused China of committing atrocities, Beijing retorted telling Turkey to back down.

Indeed, U. S. officials insist privately that Washington is not pressuring Japan to back down.

In this case, it was a high-stakes bet between two office-mates, neither of whom cared to back down.

Even mighty Google had to back down from its plan to flood all of San Francisco with free wi-fi.

Lions frequently suffer injuries when killing dangerous game, and have been known to back down when the prey species stands its ground.

And if you didn't set out to pick a fight, it's OK to back down if the other side feels aggrieved.

Since most of the people present agreed with her, I had to back down.

But behind the merriment and street theatre lies the toughest test this year of the unions' ability to force the government to back down.

But Pru's own investors forced management to back down and offer a lower price of $30. 4 billion, which AIG refused.

France has not been so paralysed since 1995, when three weeks of strikes forced the government to back down from similar reforms.

After being shown conclusive evidence, the other side had to back down.

After being confronted with our evidence, the other side had to back down.

It is an unenviable choice, which Mr Obama has already made once before, only to back down when the going got tough.

Behind the merriment lies the toughest test this year of the unions' ability to force the government to back down.

Mr Bush, rarely one to back down from a fight, nominated Mr Alito on Monday morning.

Khrushchev's decision to back down during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis also needled Mao.

Seeing someone who refused to back down, they turned and ran away.

Miss Megawati twice had to back down from reducing them.

After the appalling bloodshed in Bangkok both government and protesters need to back down.

Led by Heather Lawver, a 16-year-old from Virginia who showed a gift for media management, the insurgents forced the studio to back down.

They are too proud to back down and admit mistakes.

Both parties refuse to back down or compromise.

It isn't clear what the Security Council will do if Sudan refuses to back down.

The first clash was in December, when the government announced a steep rise in the price of petrol only to back down within days.

They refused to back down.

The bully had to back down.

As things stand, it is already impossible to back down.

It's too late to back down now.

This is a turnaround from 15 years ago, when a majority wanted the government to back down.

I'm not ready to back down,