Japan lifted the ban on American beef in late 2005, after a food safety commission ruled that American safety measures were adequate, but reinstated it less than a month later after Japanese inspectors found backbone, prohibited under a trade agreement, in imported veal.
If it sounds strident that's because it is: we have to find the backbone to reject Victorian sentimentality and insist on adequate living standards as a prerogative.
"I don't know what sort of hold Lord Ashcroft has over David Cameron that he could not find the backbone, the bottle, to ask the relevant questions.
Robert Ofsevit of Oakland, Calif., asked, "Why can't The New York Times call torture by its proper name?" He added, "Please find more backbone and fulfill your journalistic responsibilities by describing these immoral and illegal practices for what they were".
Macron operates without a strong political base on the left or the right, and when, as is bound to happen, his policy proposals provoke demonstrations in the streets, he will somehow have to find more backbone to stand up for reform than any previous French President has found.
You can use your own voice and find your backbone when you need to.
It might also give public shareholders an earlier crack at fast-growing companies and perhaps help Silicon Valley find its backbone.
The aim of the core detection is to find the backbone of the scratch in the most accurate way.
On Wednesday, First Minister Carwyn Jones said the UK government should find some "backbone" and accept more refugees to solve an "unfolding humanitarian tragedy".
