But this prescription may be backward.

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Some researchers suggest that parents may gain clarity by working backward from a longer-term goal.

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It now turns out, they may have had it exactly backward.

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An entrepreneur who has nurtured his startup like a beloved child may be reluctant to take a step backward and make the changes that need to be made.

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Yet companies rarely use analytics to plan for the future, as good as they may be at using its data to look backward to identify trends.

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If Mr Hague hangs on as leader until the one after that, he may catch the electoral pendulum as it begins its backward swing.

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