This year, as last, he gave a polished performance, retreating only on minor details from his unwavering defense of his role in the Iraq war.
Nearing the age of 30, Gould retired from public performance, retreating to his hometown.
As the winger's stock rose at Anfield – thanks largely to a clear ambition as well as a self-belief that did not stray towards arrogance, according to those who knew him best at Liverpool – the club's performances retreated.
One day, seemingly without cause, he leaves the stage in mid-performance and retreats to his abandoned childhood home "to cease performing and simply be", or to "cease becoming and merely be" as he echoes later.
Barbara Adams On a recent performance of "The Retreat from Moscow" at the Booth Theater, Andrew Libo was standing in the lobby at intermission stretching his legs.
What was frustrating was the fact that the media and Wall Street seemed to regard Hurd as merely an efficient manager rather than as a visionary; those who had watched Hurd's performance at the retreat knew how forward-thinking he was.
The objectives of this research were twofold: (i) develop and apply simplified procedures for estimating root cohesion based on above- and below-ground biomass estimates and (ii) systematically apply BSTEM to a series of 10 composite streambanks distributed along the Barren Fork Creek in eastern Oklahoma to assess model sensitivity to root cohesion and model performance in predicting retreat.
It's always a gratifying change of pace when an art event happens outside of the confines of clinical gallery walls or corroding-chic warehouses, but New Draft Collective has taken this even further, hosting a performance art-symposium retreat entirely off-land.
Despite the better-than-expected performance, Cisco shares retreated slightly in after-hours trading.
So I landed in that environment and immediately tried to introduce strategy retreats, performance evaluations and financial metrics, etc.
