The editors in Ohio, in particular, say The A.P. has retreated from one of its traditional roles: producing a lot of routine, breaking-news articles.
The talks are meant to be the first between the rebels, known as the March 23 Movement, and the government since the rebels voluntarily retreated from one of Congo's principal cities last week.
The image created by the director, Daniel Marcove, is of an ever more intricate and accelerating dance as Claudia and Román pursue and retreat from one another around a great bed on a balcony over the street and in the rooms and doorways of their apartment.
The size of many islands also limits how far people can go to escape: "When you retreat from one coast, chances are you may end up on the other coast.
"We were supposed to retreat from one tree, or bit of cover, to another," he recalls.
In the recent past many states, including Florida, have recognized that imposing a duty to retreat from one's own home in the face of a domestic threat is inherently unfair.
"I have the impression that Olmert has undergone a real change of view, unlike Sharon, for whom leaving Gaza was all about military tactics, a general retreating from one front," Mr Segev argued.
Barclays will announce on Thursday that it is cutting up to 8,000 investment banking roles – almost a third of the division's workforce – as it retreats from one of the most controversial parts of its business.
In one clash last week, rebel fighters say they ran out of ammunition which forced them to retreat from one of their strongholds in the northern Idlib province.
The BBC used to be at the cutting edge of technical development and I am sorry they have retreated from this one".
And the patriarch's daughters have all, in different ways, retreated from reality: one is in an African convent, another is alcoholic and the youngest, Claire, endlessly plays Chopin as if to ward off her impending marriage to an aged greengrocer.
