1.   Pursuit encourages further retreat, and so a vicious spiral is established which can destabilize a relationship.

2.   Also, there is the realization that a further retreat from news could have political consequences for these companies as they seek regulatory easements in Washington.

3.   A second congressional rebuke would send an alarming signal abroad that the United States is in further retreat.

4.   But it also represents a further retreat from the use of the sanctions that President Clinton signed into law four years ago.

5.   But the executive director of the authority, Roger Nutt, insisted during the walkout that management wanted further retreat by unionized collectors on the overtime issue.

6.   Furthermore, it is not clear if President Clinton would accept a plan that could represent a further retreat from his goal of universal coverage.

7.   Others, though, anticipate further retreats in stocks, while bond prices hold steady or rebound.

8.   That would raise sea level more, causing further retreat of the grounding line, and so on.

9.   The escape ended near the jungle of Mabuni in the south end of Okinawa, where cliffs and the ocean blocked any further retreat.

10.   But they said the economy is approaching another turning point that could lead either to new momentum or a further retreat.