Without a reset, the moon-based holidays would "drift" eleven days backward each year, so that Passover would sometimes be in summer, winter or fall.
Most of us look backward, find what we don't like, resolve to change it instantly, and fail by today, five days into the new year.
In fact, the weather got so bad that they went backward for three days.
Then he will put the car into reverse and drive fifty-five in silence, backward, for fifty-five days.
More than 700 people, including 250 sailors, gathered last week at the waterfront home of the New York Yacht Club for their first reunion, three days of racing and a backward glance at what many call the golden age of sailing.
We also previously examined the effect of conditioning on odor responses of salivary neurons, and found that (1) an odor induced prominent responses in salivary neurons after being paired with sucrose solution, (2) the conditioning effect lasted for one day and (3) backward-pairing, CS alone and US alone trials were not effective in achieving conditioning of activities of salivary neurons [24].
In the present experiment, subjects were asked to learn triplets of words before a period of retention sleep (vs. a control period of wakefulness) and recall was tested two days later, probed either in a forward or backward manner.
In three days, I might be able to go forward and backward, but I might not be able to go sideways.
The vital week that could shape the Mets' season is two days old, and they have not moved forward or backward.
For the two days after, I felt as if I was falling backward through space with no way to stop myself.
Two Days, One Night however is a noble failure, a step backward as it seems to recapitulate what they've done before with more elan.
