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Between Fannie, Freddie and other agencies, the government is currently backstopping about nine out of 10 new mortgages, stepping in to foster a functioning mortgage market as the effects of the housing downturn linger.

Twenty pitches into the game, Ankiel had already thrown five pitches that kissed the backstop about 50 feet behind the plate.

That may explain why the high home plate camera produces a better view at Progressive Field in Cleveland than at Miller Park in Milwaukee, even though each has about 60 feet to the backstop.

He even magnanimously lets Democrats off the hook, stating, 'I don't feel the same way about the Democrats as bullet backstops as I do about the Republicans who joined them.' I'm still waiting to see how many other Republicans feel that the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution actually means elected officials should just be shot down on the street.

Greek banks are not about to collapse: international lenders have agreed to a 50 billion euro backstop to ensure that each financial institution has adequate capital to safeguard it against a deteriorating financial and economic climate.

Instead of tackling structural problems, much of the endless chatter about the common currency centers on financial engineering: rescue funds, backstopping banks, printing money and the like.

What concerns do you have about how large Citi's potential losses could be, its ongoing health and how much U.S. taxpayers are backstopping it?

Technical backstopping support was provided by the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), Switzerland.

A.M. provided technical backstopping in the AFLP methodology and data analysis.

But clarity about the backstop of legal protection is also critical.

"We thought it would be more appropriate to really give the primary responsibility regarding presidential records to the former president whose records they belong to," Mr. Gonzales said in a briefing for reporters, "and to have the incumbent president sort of be the backstop in making decisions about whether or not those documents should in fact be released".