1.   His refusal forced a humiliating withdrawal by the allies and an Israeli retreat from the Sinai.

2.   None of the countries providing peacekeeping soldiers to the U.N. force in Bosnia can get out unless all of them agree to a humiliating withdrawal in failure.

3.   That war ended in a humiliating withdrawal by battered Russian forces, after the Russian public tired of losing its men in a conflict it could not win.

4.   It had to accept deep budget cuts and humiliating withdrawals from Eastern Europe and the Baltics.

5.   It has been forced to accept yearly budget cuts and humiliating withdrawals from Eastern Europe and the former Baltic states.

6.   It has had to accept deep budget cuts and humiliating withdrawals from Eastern Europe and the Baltics.

7.   The war ended with an August peace treaty and a humiliating Russian withdrawal earlier this winter, which cleared the way for Chechen elections.

8.   But the alternative, backing down on UN ultimatums, is equally unpalatable and could precipitate a humiliating withdrawal leaving the Bosnian Serbs with a completely free hand.

9.   It was the first time US troops had returned to this lawless Horn of Africa nation since their humiliating withdrawal in March last year.