1.   Keep a thumb lightly on the spool and apply pressure as the lure hits the water to avoid backlash.

2.   But it may be too late to avoid a backlash.

3.   Industry surveys indicate that journalists are already tempering what they say and write to avoid backlash from an authoritarian future sovereign or to score points with the new leadership.

4.   Instead of surprising local interests and blind-siding local politicians, Babbitt wants to avoid the backlash that erupted after the Grand Staircase-Escalante move.

5.   On one hand, Gingrich must try to make the process appear as non-partisan as possible if Republicans are to avoid any backlash.

6.   Other universities have expressed interest in adopting the Johnson plan, but want their names kept secret to avoid a backlash.

7.   The theory was that avoiding the deployment of large numbers of American ground troops would avoid a backlash by Afghans who have long resented foreign invaders.

8.   To avoid another backlash during the current presidential campaign, they may take extra steps to ensure supplies are ample.

9.   Watching string come off a stationary spool made Hull realize that backlashes could be avoided by using a fixed, rather than revolving, spool.