backbone

They want to see if we still have a backbone.

I think his wife must have been a great backbone to him.

Then a cut would be made along the backbone itself.

Others might get the idea they can show backbone, too.

The world community does not have the backbone to stop you.

Working men and women are the backbone of America's economy.

Not one of them has the backbone to face you!

But he did, and it took backbone for the President to say no.

But the backbone of the growth has been oil and federal money.

One of to bring the backbone we've still got it.

I know what our public services can do and how they are the backbone of this country.

The backbone of the economy in the region is industry.

He or she is the backbone of a free and independent press.

Some Democrats say that could provide the backbone of a political campaign.

But doing good business in Russia is not all about backbone.

That was to be the backbone of the President's defense throughout the fall and through today.

The backbone of the valley, the river itself, has also changed.

"People from the north of England have a certain backbone," she said.

These three women have the backbone to stand up and be counted.

Homeland security should have a police system for its backbone.

"The backbone of our warning system simply did not work."

Schools have always been the backbone of our mission in this country.

Still, questions about whether he had the backbone for the job persisted.

He has been the provider and the backbone for them.

That has been the backbone freedom in this country for 200 years.