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Mrs Bixby put a hand up to her mouth and started backing away .

But the meeting was widely interpreted as a sign that they were backing away from a debilitating fight over the Chinese currency.

Jack looked back. A shimmering white figure was moving across the top of the rise! The rustlers ' horses were panicking and backing away.

Indeed, none of the companies on tap for the bids at the end of the month show any signs of backing away.

Instead, show the bear you're being submissive by backing away slowly and speaking to it in a calm, monotone voice.

Clinton added that the United States is not backing away from, or moving toward, anyone in Egypt.

With Bank of America backing away from a deal, the enormity of a potential bankruptcy filing by Lehman started settling in.

During this time of economic uncertainty, most people are backing away from things luxurious, pricey and posh.

Investors are now responding to government signals that it is backing away from further tightening and taking a more neutral stance.

However, North Korea is backing away from earlier threats of a catastrophic response to the exercise.

Obama accused McCain of backing away from comprehensive immigration reform during the primary election season.

And the corporation mastered the art of backing away from its darker ambitions at strategic public moments.

He who lays up treasures on earth spends his life backing away from his treasures.

The looming debt ceiling has government agencies backing away from spending. Forecasting a slowdown in demand in the short term.

eg. He's backing away from the policies and style of his predecessor.

The US, and now Australia, are backing away from the first-step of pricing carbon due to domestic politics.

The G20 may want Europe to come up with a cash-rich "big bazooka" solution, but Europe is backing away from this idea.

Roy: Hey, the rest of the archers are backing away. I must have really scared them.

So I'm supposed to hold your hand and talk you into backing away from that box of Twinkies.

This week Mr Berlusconi incautiously promised to increase that number tenfold, before backing away.

The Norwegian, very probably seeing this as pushiness, will keep backing away - which the Latino will in return regard as coldness.

Neither the Westies nor the folks at LexisNexis are known for backing away from a challenge.

The third behavior would be to hold, walk and sit in front of the handler when the handler stopped backing away.

As you are backing away , make sure you have your pepper spray or sharp object in your hand and keep talking .

She is not backing away from plans to apply for groundwater rights in northern Clark, Lincoln, and White Pine counties.

He says Hamas wants a cease-fire and is not backing away on that issue.

Seeing that the boy is backing away, the robot tries a different approach.

In the US, power companies are backing away from nuclear because of fears over uncontrollable costs.

People who lay up treasures on earth spend their life backing away from their treasures. To them, death is loss.

The maitre'd saw the gun and gasped, backing away. Other patrons too.

Mio stood up, backing away.

Students are videotaped so that they can see themselves backing away from a prostitute.