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For a few brief months, he seemed to voters to fulfil his promise to be "not flash, just Gordon"; but then he dithered about calling an election and, when confronted by a Tory surge in the polls, offered the comically implausible explanation that he was retreating for the good of the country.In this section Detroitosaurus wrecks Where will it end?

The glacier has been retreating for more than a century, recently at slightly more slowly than before, but still at a rate of 18 meters per year.

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet had been retreating for thousands of years as it lost more mass through movement to the coast than it built up in the interior.

Indeed, smaller high-tech companies in Orange County and elsewhere have been retreating for a year, noted Michael Murphy, editor of California Technology Stock Letter.

The sun might be retreating for another six months, but there's no better way to test the Great British Resolve than drawing out every last ray we get.

Patients with genotype 1 HCV were retreated for over 48 weeks and patients with genotype 3 HCV for over 24 weeks.

These are permanently-treated nets that are coated with insecticide at the factory and do not need to be retreated for three to five years.

Several studies showed that among patients being retreated for TB because of initial treatment failure, default from initial treatment, or relapse following initial treatment, drug resistance was common and retreatment outcomes were generally poor [ 30, 31].

Due to tumor progression the patient was retreated with temozolomide for 5 cycles without toxicity.

Chorabari Glacier has been retreating rapidly for at least 50 years.

The British may be retreating; but for the French, it's really the contrary.