1.   But the United States and the world must worry if these steps mark a long-term retreat from reform.

2.   It would mark a retreat for TCI International, a unit of the largest U.S. cable provider, which earlier this year considered boosting its stake in Cablevision.

3.   The handover ceremony followed a day of nostalgic celebration in a steady rain as Britain marked its retreat from its last major colonial outpost.

4.   The quarter-ton mark marked her retreat to the confines of their Pennsylvania home.

5.   The sale marked a retreat by another British bank.

6.   They mark a retreat from the strategy under the former CEO, Richard Scott, to create a health-care network linked through ownership.

7.   Likewise, Vice Premier Zhu insisted that the new reforms do not mark a retreat from the cherished tenet of state control over the economy.