As global trade took off again in the 1960s, the idea that a nation, especially a smaller or more backward one, could wall itself off and come out ahead lost respectability.
Tap one sector to navigate forward, one to navigate backward, and one to bring up the menu.
Tough as German reunification has been, it will look like a walk in the park compared with the task of trying to suture one of the world's most backward economies onto one of the world's most advanced.
Sadly, the United States, where innovation-intensive industries account for one third of GDP, looks set to keep taking one step backward for every step forward in that drive.
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At one point, he even hit one as he fell backward to the floor, the kind of play that eliminates any doubt about whose night it's going to be.
Investing is a forward-looking exercise, however, not a backward- or even coincident-looking one.
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Then a moment of inspiration put the tourists firmly on top again as Dalrymple's stunning one-handed catch at backward point ended Watson's innings.
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Imagine if track had events such as these: the sack race, the one-legged hop, skipping backward.
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On came Edwards, so impressive in the first Test against England, and he was immediately rewarded with Strauss slicing one at the diving Pollard at backward point but the ball popped out of his hands.
She was heavy and walked with a backward-leaning gait, supporting her belly with one hand, seeming to balance herself as she moved.
Staring backward leads to fewer fresh experiences, looking forward is one of those phrases that expresses its own delight.
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However, the new man at the crease, Denesh Ramdin, notched just one run before cutting straight to Alviro Petersen at backward point off a short delivery from the fortunate Tsotsobe.
One of the sources added that the cap was on backward and the man was also wearing a light-colored hooded sweatshirt and a black jacket.
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One neat trick: The right-side passenger door can hinge conventionally or backward, so people getting into the back of the car have easier access.
If Mr Hague hangs on as leader until the one after that, he may catch the electoral pendulum as it begins its backward swing.
Following the quake, investigators in Yunlin county discovered that three crumbled structures had been erected by a construction company that had used empty plastic bottles and tin cans as filler to save on concrete and bricks. (The owner was arrested.) In Dali, a massive apartment block suffered major damage: one of the 11-story buildings was uprooted from the ground and fell backward.
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They pushed the car backward to free a woman trapped underneath and lifted it off the ground to make sure no one else was trapped.
Backward beliefs about women's place in society can and must change, and that fight was one part of making it happen.
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