But, she said, she doesn't believe Chicago's proposed school is a step backward.
In both cases, Seidenberg took a step backward to the number two position, before eventually moving up to CEO again.
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Dumb watches don't need to be charged or wound, so smart replacements start by taking a step backward in that regard.
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And it came with a stylus, that relic of the Palm Pilot era, making the Note feel like a step backward.
An entrepreneur who has nurtured his startup like a beloved child may be reluctant to take a step backward and make the changes that need to be made.
Moreover, as I think you know, plan B represents -- or would represent a major step backward in these discussions and a major step backward for the American people.
If the issue of vendor lock-in is not carefully managed, the cloud could represent a step backward in terms of its impact on flexibility and choice in the enterprise.
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The technology feels like a step backward, from big mechanical machines using nineteenth-century technology to a new system that involves people copying information by hand from one piece of paper to another.
The general idea among most economists is that gold would be a step backward for our modern monetary system the equivalent of trading in an automobile for a horse and buggy.
To many, the design seemed like a step backward after the elegant GBA SP, and the dual screens and stylus input seemed more like novelties than the revolution in handheld gaming Nintendo was promising.
He took a step backward and was about to leave when his eyes fell again on the stack of the books, Zola, Dostoyevsky, Hugo, all the titles had been there, as they were a few weeks before.
Last September when Apple ditched its Google Maps iPhone app and replaced it with its amazingly inept home-built Maps app, the move was so roundly denounced as a step backward and a weakening of the iPhone environment that chief executive Tim Cook had to release a public apology.
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Calling it a huge step backward is needless hyperbole and more inflamatory than informative.
Then, recently, she took a big step backward, rescinding the treasured right to work from home.
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The result of this oversight is a gigantic step backward for women with little or no income of their own.
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Even financial ratings agencies, which we have come to trust with our money, have taken a huge step backward due to their role in the recent mortgage crisis.
This is a giant step backward if it happens.
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He said a failure to agree on this matter would "represent a backward step for Northern Ireland".
"We are moving in the right direction and do not need to be taking a backward step, " she said.
Mr Birkett said this was a backward step, especially as the low emission zone was the mayor's own policy.
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Philip Ruddock, the immigration minister, has taken a backward step by introducing a kind of second-class citizenship for some refugees.
Ms de Vere Taylor said while she accepted language had to evolve, in her opinion the council's decision was a backward step.
The frenetic, slightly scrappy opening continued and Scotland went six points clear when Ireland prop John Hayes was penalised for taking a backward step to wheel a scrum.
Liberal Democrat leader at the council Jeremy Hilton said there were other alternatives, while Labour's Steve Lydon said it was a "backward step" as the county tries to increase recycling rates.
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