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Here is the Gladwell method nicely on display: a questionable assumption, a partial walk-back of an earlier claim, and finally another questionable assumption synthesizing the half-reversal.
Anil Dash 2009
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Looking back, Mr. Cheney writes, Mr. Powell and his deputy, Richard Armitage, seemed to take this walk-back as "a personal affront to the secretary."
'I Didn't Change. The World Changed' Daniel Henninger 2011
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FAIL on that attempted walk-back there, Ms. Medina.
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Here is the Gladwell method nicely on display: a questionable assumption, a partial walk-back of an earlier claim, and finally another questionable assumption synthesizing the half-reversal.
Free Criticism, Science After Data, and Airport Books - Anil Dash 2009
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But his walk-back is still more interesting than his initial commitment to anarchic brutality.
Zach Carter: Conservatives Want to Live on Monopoly Money 2010
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Nobody seems to notice that after the walk-back Facebook is still grabbing more personal info than it was before.
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Nobody seems to notice that after the walk-back Facebook is still grabbing more personal info than it was before.
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And while spokesman Brad Dayspring felt compelled to offer a follow-up comment to the Washington Post, he stressed that it was neither a clarification nor a walk-back.
Cantor's Office Issues Second Comment: Won't Serve As Check On Obama 'In Relation To U.S./Israel Relations' The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Nobody seems to notice that after the walk-back Facebook is still grabbing more personal info than it was before.
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It's unclear, however, whether the walk-back will prevent Dems from continuing to hammer away at this remark, as they have done with Rand Paul's "unamerican" crack; Joe Barton's apology; and John Boehner's "ant" simile.
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