The payments system, in effect, is the plumbing for Britain's financial system, which is often said to be backward in comparison with other countries.
He understands the risk that in portraying itself, Britain might be seen as backward looking, wallowing in its past, nostalgic for the "good old days".
Half the cabin flies backward (actually a safer position to be in for a crash landing).
Mr Chidambaram reckons that up to 40% of the cash is probably lost this way, though the figure could be as high as 75% in the most backward states, and some analysts put it even higher.
Additionally, by tracking your happiness, the app can cause you to continually be looking backward through rose-colored glasses rather than staying in the present.
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This was to have been be a backward looking test, looking at what firms had done in the past 10 years.
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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"We are moving in the right direction and do not need to be taking a backward step, " she said.
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.
Agricultural trade will be liberalised, but that is unlikely to be much help to them in the short term because their farm sectors are relatively backward and inefficient.
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