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China and the Philippines are quietly fuming.All five countries maintain a military presence of some sort in the Spratlys (the sixth claimant, Brunei, is more retiring).

Sleep is the extrovert opposite of the little sister he is dancing, while Dowell says his own nature is "far more retiring" than the "bossy battleaxe" he performs.

Merchant of his own comedy wares Ricky Gervais has been busy conquering Hollywood, most recently with the announcement that he would be presenting the next Golden Globes, but what has become of his more retiring 'Office' co-writer Stephen Merchant?

The later auteurs could not be more retiring: Stanley Kubrick, Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, George Lucas — a disparate group, yet all of them exiled or tucked away not by force of circumstance, as Ophuls was, but under the conditions of their own obsessiveness, or, at any rate, by the dimmed light of the screening room.

While Piaggi (or Anna Dello Russo, arguably her successor, who sat in the audience here) would wear these clothes wholesale, as they are seen on the catwalk, shier and more retiring fashion editors were heard discussing which items they might buy to add a bit of eclectic spirit to a low-key wardrobe.

Today, he did it once more, retiring David Bowie before anyone had time to say goodbye.

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One sign notes that the big idea is to help millions more retire with dignity.

He then spent 30 years as a successful businessman in Venezuela and 25 more retired in Manhattan.

Through 20 years running this paper, I recruited hundreds of good journalists and saw hundreds more retire.

Rio has more retired staff than workers, Espíndola said, and their costs represent more than half of the state's deficit.

French designer Pierre Michelet's course saw 16 combinations eliminated and two more retire, while only three riders - Burton, Jung and Nicolas - jumped clear inside the time.

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