1.   A similar retreat was held two years ago.

2.   House Democrats plan to take this weekend and next Monday for a similar retreat at the posh Homestead Resort in Hot Springs, Va.

3.   Most criminologists, however, are doubtful that a similar criminal retreat will occur again because the current crime wave has many more and more intractable causes.

4.   South African securities staged a similar retreat yesterday as speculation resurfaced that Stals would resign early.

5.   The move came after similar retreats by European computer makers from the sliver-thin-margin PC business, the fastest-growing segment of the computer industry.

6.   The move comes after similar retreats by European computer makers from the sliver-thin-margin PC business, the fastest-growing segment of the computer industry.

7.   The trustees may try a similar retreat later this spring.

8.   This spring a similar retreat was held in Cannes, France, with many smaller meetings in between.

9.   Opposing groups from Northern Ireland attended a similar retreat in South Africa two years ago to hear how a negotiated settlement was reached in the case of this country.

10.   Similar icy retreats have been measured in the Andes of Peru and the Himalayas of Tibet.