"It's as if we go around with a bull's-eye on our backs, " he said.
Layton and I had never been to the Blue Moon, but the idea of what and who might be inside became the basis of many of our fantasies as we floated on our backs.
"We have a target on our backs, but we're kind of used to that this year, being the No. 1 team (in the Baseball America poll) for most of the season, " outfielder Chaz Frank said Thursday.
Once we recognize the crushing burden the current system will place on our kids and grandkids, we'll see that reforming government spending programs (including entitlement programs)--on our backs, not on our kids'--is the only way to go.
For some reason or other this health care crisis was left on our senior backs.
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In courting the always-on livelihood, we're turning our backs on rich moments of full focus and absorption, in favor of darting restlessly back and forth between two or more complex streams of life.
So should we turn our backs on Wikipedia -- scratch it and start again?
So we boldly decided to turn our backs on convention and build our own steel plant.
Pfizer remains a "yes, " and we're not turning our backs on Microsoft, with 90% gross margins.
But let's make sure that we're not doing it on the backs of our most vulnerable citizens.
But I don't think that we should turn our backs on GM either.
Why are we turning our backs on poultry, pancakes, motor lodges, and mercenaries?
You simply cannot balance the budget on the backs of our soldiers.
"We feel like it's not a time that we can turn our backs on any additional revenue, " said Jenny LaCoste-Caputo, spokeswoman for the association.
The plant's 1990 closing sapped the town's strength, so another politician might use the moment to rail against Corporations That Turn Their Backs on Our Communities.
President Obama vowed that in the coming budget negotiations, veterans can rest assured that America will not balance the budget on the backs of our veterans.
"It's becoming clear to many that the secretary of state has balanced the budget on the backs of our brave servicemen and women, " Mr Jones told the Commons.
Knowing we'd be turning our backs on civilization, we first visited Cape Lodge near the Margaret River (see box, p. 172) to soak up as much five-star nourishment as we could.
Knowing we'd be turning our backs on civilization, we first visited Cape Lodge near the Margaret River (see " A Taste of Luxury") to soak up as much five-star nourishment as we could.
And the fact is if we turn our backs on the Oklahoma City bombing and its perpetrator because the crime is too painful to view, it will be to our peril as a society.
You started your career of service as a community organizer and now we are hearing from people like -- organizations like the CBC is saying rebuilding our economy on the backs of the most vulnerable Americans is something that is simply not acceptable, like the cuts to the Community Service Block Grants, Pell Grants, heating oil assistance, and freezing salaries of federal workers.
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We have to wipe away our tears, turn our backs, and move on.
"We've always encouraged our full-backs to bomb on as much as they possibly can as wide players don't want to defend, " he said.
But the consequences of not improving existing products, creating new ones, or embracing emerging markets at the right time is to be outpaced by our competitors just when we are patting ourselves on the backs for implementing less risky strategies that normally sustain us.
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If we try to break the back of this recession on the back of our military, then who will have our backs the next time we're attacked?
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