Group messaging represents a step back from broadcasting.
But the plan represents a step back from earlier proposals, which called for a single regulator to oversee certain benchmarks.
Allawi represented a step back from a system that, simply put, has little concept of equal rights, no tendency toward secularism and no notion of a broader nation.
For Bolloré Group, which is headed by the industrialist Vincent Bolloré, the move represents a step back from its ambitions of creating a broad-based French media company.
But for some Europeans, the big online courses represent a step back from the idealism of open courseware to the values of the marketplace.
That may not be the case on a point-by-point basis — there are certainly innovations that represent a step back — but, on the level of society as a whole, I believe it is.
The bill, hotly debated by police, business and faith groups, represents a step back from an earlier proposal that would have broadened the state's trespassing law to encompass being in the state illegally.
A box office success in China, "The Grandmaster" represents a step back into the limelight for Mr. Wong after his maligned American road movie from 2007, "My Blueberry Nights".
The ban on assemblies represents a step back for Russia, after what seemed to be a thaw in the fall, when the authorities suddenly granted permits for rallies that had been banned for months.
Business groups — including the Texas Association of Business, the Texas Coalition for a Competitive Workforce and the Austin Chamber of Commerce — oppose the measure because they believe it represents a step back for student accountability.
