"I think it was the first tornado that I've ever backed away from, " he added.
So far, Obama has backed away from the protectionist stands he took during the 2008 campaign.
Dell shares lost 3.9% on news that Blackstone has backed away from a potential bid.
She has since backed away from the costly proposal, but its spirit lives on.
He drew a plan, which the city considered seriously, but backed away from the serious cost.
Mr Yeltsin also recently backed away from a thorough reform of the tax code.
Hillary Clinton of New York appeared to endorse it, then backed away from it.
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Dealers, such as Citigroup and Goldman Sachs, have backed away from soaking up unwanted paper.
Warren Buffet, who rushed into the bond insurance business during the financial crisis has since backed away.
The agency quickly backed away from the concept this spring, however, and now considers the doors impractical.
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During the campaign, Mr Fox backed away from earlier plans to privatise Pemex, the state oil company.
But the administration backed away from language that its allies in the arms-control community believed they would secure.
They backed away from the plan, creating technical problems that they said prevented them from accepting a ceasefire.
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Under this pressure, Mr Duhalde has backed away from his first big promise.
DoubleClick backed away from those plans following a public outcry and the launching of a Federal Trade Commission investigation.
When the UPN network also backed away, its pullback sealed the XFL's fate.
This has backed away from the level of 70, 356 that Ms Rousseff inherited.
Eventually, the Board figured it out and backed away quickly from that stance.
Russia is probably out of the question, after Chevron backed away from a JV with Rosneft a year ago.
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Oracle had also threatened to force every PeopleSoft customer to move to Oracle, a threat Ellison backed away from later.
But the IRS has yet to test this theory before a judge, and has backed away from opportunities to do so.
Shah also backed away from his bearish stance on Marvell shares, lifting his rating on the stock to Neutral from Reduce.
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As the sixth major powers consider the issue of Iran's nuclear program, the Russians have backed away from any talk of sanctions.
He backed away from an effort to lift marginal tax rates on the rich, offering instead to raise money by closing loopholes.
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The series has, however, backed away from that line in the sand.
German exchange Deutsche Boerse and Australian bank Macquarie have also bid and then backed away from the LSE after being rejected by its board.
Major emerging markets including Brazil, China and Russia had previously hinted they might help, but seem to have backed away from the thought.
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With several European countries close to potentially defaulting on debt payments, investors and lenders backed away from investing in still more government debt.
He backed away from a tender offer for Finova Group on Monday, on the ground that last week's attack was an act of war.
Although Mr. Dijsselbloem subsequently backed away from the comments, they had already put an end to the relief rally that followed Monday's bailout agreement.
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