Sentence examples for request to retire from inspiring English sources

His premature retirement was announced by his civilian boss, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, who said he accepted the admiral's request to retire "with reluctance and regret".

It tells the story of an aging guard at a lonely railroad crossing who must deal with a request to retire from his monotonous but secure world.

The hurricane committee also chose to grant Mexico's request to retire Odile from the list, replacing it will Odalys, which will come up in 2020's list of names.

On October 14 , 1964 after a palace coup orchestrated by his protégé and deputy, Leonid Brezhnev, the Central Committee accepted Khrushchev's request to retire from his position as the party's first secretary and chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union because of "advanced age and poor health".

The board of trustees denied Paterno's request to retire at the end of the 2011 season.

Forty-two yeago ago, Stanford University respected the request of Native Americans to retire its Stanford Indian mascot and moniker.

Cincinnati could certainly use a Vick now, considering Palmer has requested to be traded and threatened to retire if that request is not granted.

Meilinger announced, partway through his term, that he planned to retire and requested that his retirement dinner be held "at the courthouse" when asked.

He will probably ask to renew the leave for a year and if his request isn't granted, he said he is likely to retire from the force.

After this victory, Ismay "would have liked to retire at once", but at Attlee's request he remained in the military for another year.

He spent a year with Grenier, but when his request for a more flexible schedule was rejected he grew frustrated and decided to retire.