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We sort of had to backpaddle, and the good thing about what they did - and by the way I had nothing to do with the 2-hour movie, I was brought in afterwards to do the series - the good thing about what they did with it is they left it almost a blank slate.
Archive 2008-05-01 Michael May 2008
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We sort of had to backpaddle, and the good thing about what they did - and by the way I had nothing to do with the 2-hour movie, I was brought in afterwards to do the series - the good thing about what they did with it is they left it almost a blank slate.
Awesome List: Batman vs. pirates, maps, the new Knight Rider show gets cooler, and more Michael May 2008
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She must have seen the panic in his eyes; he did not know whether to backpaddle furiously or just somehow warn her away from his condition of prick-rampant, because she paused mid-breaststroke — and he could see her white breasts bobbling beneath the surface — nodded to her left, and swam easily toward the tree roots.
The Terror Simmons, Dan 2007
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He grinned at me wickedly and began to backpaddle in the pool, performing a backward flip that brought him up near my feet to grasp my ankles so hard it hurt.
Seeds of Yesterday V.C. Andrews 1984
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He grinned at me wickedly and began to backpaddle in the pool, performing a backward flip that brought him up near my feet to grasp my ankles so hard it hurt.
Seeds of Yesterday V.C. Andrews 1984
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He grinned at me wickedly and began to backpaddle in the pool, performing a backward flip that brought him up near my feet to grasp my ankles so hard it hurt.
Seeds of Yesterday Andrews, V. C. 1984
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He grinned at me wickedly and began to backpaddle in the pool, performing a backward flip that brought him up near my feet to grasp my ankles so hard it hurt.
Seeds of Yesterday V.C. Andrews 1984
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He grinned at me wickedly and began to backpaddle in the pool, performing a backward flip that brought him up near my feet to grasp my ankles so hard it hurt.
Seeds of Yesterday V.C. Andrews 1984
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A visibly disturbed and caught-unprepared Hannity attempted to backtrack, backpaddle, "I didn't mean it that way," "don't misunderstand me," etc., but Goldberg would not buy it.
The Moderate Voice 2009
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You keep saying the most incredibly offensive shit there is, then you backpaddle and shift desperately.
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