1.   If the achievements of the Thatcher years were not to be consigned to oblivion, then a tactical retreat was necessary.

2.   Many political commentators and opposition leaders see his move as a tactical retreat-a typical Haider trick.

3.   In August the bank chairman, Vadim Hetman, demanded a tactical retreat from the coupon and a return to the rouble.

4.   The quiet closing of the door as the other two men made a tactical retreat was also ignored.

5.   And Spitzer has the sense to make a tactical retreat, like one of his boyhood heroes, Robert E. Lee.

6.   A senior administration official said the move away from confrontational language was merely a tactical retreat.

7.   But the apparent surrender by the Democrats could also be a tactical retreat.

8.   Deutch is savvy enough to employ tactical retreats.

9.   Drunken soldiers, long unpaid, attacked and pillaged Zairian towns, rather than beating a tactical retreat or digging into defensive positions.