But should we, as a matter of policy, and moral decency, learn to think and comprehend that our actions in one part of the world could very well come back to hurt us, or, as Paul would say, blow back in our face?
Way back in November of 1985, on just its second mission, Atlantis experienced a blow-back of hot gases past the primary O-rings in one of its solid rocket boosters, resulting in serious erosion of said O-ring.
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Another bit of blow-back, if you will, from this experience was the prospect of finding non-carbon-footprint-engendering activities to pursue at home if we lost electrical power.
He worries that municipalities may decide that defaulting on an insured issue is different from an uninsured one and thus, having less of a blow-back effect on them.
Mr. RANSTORP: Well, there are different assessments, but I think that if intelligence sources are claiming that there were at least 20 different networks across Europe, some are connected to the Zarqawi network, some are connected--and there's a great concern within Europe that the Iraqi conflict may have a blow-back effect, that individuals from Europe may travel down there, get the requisite expertise and then come back and may launch attacks.
McGarry returned to the kitchen and felt a blow to the back of his head, stumbled and got back up.
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Parker, 51, died from a blow to the back of the head and hypothermia, presumably after the desert's daytime heat quickly turned into a nighttime chill.
Eric Hebborn was killed by a hammer blow to the back of his head, inflicted on the night of January 11, 1996, in the Trastevere district of Rome.
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Denesh Ramdin and Darren Sammy both went for ducks and there was even greater concern in the home dressing room when Lee struck Chanderpaul a sickening blow on the back of his protective helmet.
During the ten week trial the court heard that in addition to the fatal blow to the back of her head, Baby Millie had suffered a multitude of other injuries, including horrific internal injuries which could have proved just as fatal.
You have to watch your level here because it will blow your hair back, kind of like that guy in that Maxell commercial: we inadvertently woke our roommates up more than once because of the size of the block-rockin' beats that came out of the Zeppelin.
And when Miller was blocked off by left-back Andy Dawson, Hull suffered a blow as the left-back picked up an injury that saw him replaced by Samuel Ricketts after only 10 minutes.
After Macleod's early penalty put the visitors ahead, Sale were dealt a blow when full-back Rob Miller was the victim of a heavy tackle, which, after lengthy treatment, caused him to be led off.
De Marigny opened the scoring with a third-minute penalty, before the Dragons suffered a blow as captain full-back Kevin Morgan left the field 10 minutes later with a knee injury.
The Blu-ray Disc Association fired back to this blow after a few mixed retailer wins with Blockbuster, Target and BJ's by noting the strong supply of Blu-ray titles in the queue and the planned Blu-ray release of Disney's "platinum" titles, the crown jewels of the Magic Kingdom.
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That's when I felt them turn on a blow torch and burning on my back.
But O'Neill insisted that his players will bounce back from their latest blow.
But another set-back in Europe could blow the US further off course.
Amid the peaks, we do a flyby of an impossibly tiny landing platform, grazing the ground to blow off some powder, then circling back and setting down.
He got the bat back and delivered another big blow in the seventh, driving a towering shot to the street beyond the right-field bleachers for a three-run homer off Brian Omogrosso.
When she rolled she fell on her side headlong, and she would be righted back by such a demolishing blow that Jukes felt her reeling as a clubbed man reels before he collapses.
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It will be a vital blow for the authority and strength of the back benches.
The indictment of Mr Berlusconi has dealt him what is perhaps the heaviest blow since he launched his eventful political career back in 1994.
The Blues' preparations had suffered a blow as the late withdrawal of full-back Ben Blair with a hamstring injury prompted a reorganisation of their back line.
At the same time, Fox, which rounded out the first half of the season tied with NBC at No. 2 among advertiser-coveted 18 to 49-year-olds, is poised to blow past it now that American Idol is back on the air.
The Chicago Blitz struck the first blow, signing a highly coveted Ohio State running back named Tim Spencer.
The news comes as blow for Nadal, who is desperate to get back on the court and make up the ground on his rivals.
If war led to a prolonged spell of high oil prices, this would be a blow to world economic growth, perhaps tipping America back into recession.
But then, in a blow to waiting refugees, administration officials scale the number back to 7, 000.
Celtic's chances appeared to take a further blow after 40 minutes, when Kennedy - not long back from serious injury - was stretchered off, with Steven Pressley making his first appearance of the season following back surgery.
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