1.   And when the Agnellis paid Alberto Tomba handsomely to postpone his retirement, he was supposed to be the centerpiece of these world championships.

2.   But either option postpones the retirement of the national debt.

3.   He has postponed retirement for so long that he finally has a role in a Manhattan restaurant.

4.   Known for a brash and media-savvy style, Barrett is stepping into a pressure-cooker job that could postpone retirement for years.

5.   Raytheon disclosed in August that it will give Picard stock-based payments to postpone his retirement.

6.   That approach, he argued, would be harmful to people who do strenuous manual labor and physically cannot postpone retirement.

7.   To make sure things go smoothly, longtime GE Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jack Welch will postpone his retirement until the end of the year.

8.   William E. Hoglund, a GM executive vice president, postponed his retirement to perform the marketing duties in the interim.

9.   Angered by mounting criticism and threats of a political trial by Congress, Gen. Augusto Pinochet has postponed his retirement from the army, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday.

10.   Each time he kept postponing retirement, after getting new endorsement contracts.