Caroline lies on her back, pedalling her legs in the air, her finger working her nose.

NEWYORKER: Playdate

Both of these seem sensible but are fraught with problems, which is why ministers are now back-pedalling.

ECONOMIST: Local government

This is an excuse often given for the maddeningly slow pace of reform in India, its stop-go cycles and its constant back-pedalling.

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Instinctively, he kicked across it with the outside of his right foot to arch it over a back-pedalling Shay Given into the top corner.

BBC: Newcastle 2-2 Wigan

After Jerome Kaino charged down Giteau's clearance kick to leave the Wallabies back-pedalling, Donald nudged the hosts in front with his fourth penalty just after the hour.

BBC: New Zealand 22-16 Australia

An early drive from the base of the scrum by Blues number eight Andy Powell set the scene for the night, with the Connacht defence already back-pedalling.

BBC: Blues 58-0 Connacht

On the stroke of half-time a beautifully-judged cross-kick by Mapletoft saw Bishop out-jump the back-pedalling Tyrone Howe and feed Horak to run in unopposed to give his side a 20-14 lead.

BBC: Kiwi Matt Mustchin made his first Ulster start

First, the livewire Nigerian turned neatly on the edge of the area before pulling his shot wide, then he blazed past Zat Knight and produced a cut-back which was blocked by the back-pedalling Cahill.

BBC: West Brom 1-1 Bolton

Villa looked more lively early in the second half but, after Stiliyan Petrov drifted a clever cross-field ball into the heart of Pompey's back-pedalling defence, Young - with time and space to spare - could only drag a low shot well wide.

BBC: Aston Villa 0-0 Portsmouth