Tiger Woods, who shot an even-par 72, was forced to back off a putt Thursday at No. 8 when a cicada flew by.
Kelly, too, backed off a bit on Tuesday during his weekly teleconference.
He backed off a little on Sunday, saying that what he really thinks is that Mr. Obama is presiding over "one of the most corrupt administrations".
At the start of spring training, Posada said he expected to exceed Girardi's prediction, but he backed off a bit on Thursday.
Asked about the endorsement by The Amsterdam News, Mr. Bloomberg was unclear about whether he was backing off a statement he made on Thursday to Newsday, in which he was quoted as saying that he "accepted" the endorsement but disagreed with the language used in the editorial.
The channel has been one of Netflix's closest partners, but it backed off a bit from that partnership on Thursday, when it announced a three-month delay between the time Starz plays new TV episodes and when those episodes will be available on Netflix.
But on Monday she backed off a bit in response to a user who said she "thought we got rid of the retards when Bush's term ended:".
On Friday, the White House backed off a bit — forging a compromise so that unwilling religious employers would not pay for contraception, while women would still get the coverage — but many administration critics weren't mollified.
Before Monday's game, he backed off a bit and said he did not want to keep asking D'Antoni about his playing time because those were the actions of a chronic complainer.
Mr. Maradona did not back off, saying Friday on Radio Continental, "I don't have to ask forgiveness of anybody".
