1.   Lehigh only went backward from there and had to punt.

2.   Now the general has taken his troubled nation a big step backward from that goal.

3.   One cannot fully explain the extraordinary capabilities of the human hand, any more than those of the human brain, simply by reasoning backward from its utility.

4.   Sometimes young players slip backward from that level.

5.   The Bears have taken a couple of steps backward from the promise they built last season.

6.   The failure to provide any new commitment to economic restructuring seemed a step backward from the expectations that had been raised just a few days earlier.

7.   This would give someone like Saddam Hussein the power to block his own prosecution, a major step backward from current international law.

8.   Though the moves may appease a few banks, they are a step backward from market discipline, some financial analysts say.

9.   But other environmental groups warn that the plan would be a step backward from goals set by Clean Air Act regulations already on the books.

10.   Now that the Australian has taken a step backward from equality of the sexes, only the U.S. Open offers men and women the same prizes.