As his retirement loomed, Shepherd was lauded wherever he went.

As his retirement loomed, he bought the local radio station.

I think I was getting stale as a teacher, and I knew retirement was looming,' she says.

And his retirement, scheduled for April 2000, was looming without an obvious successor in sight.

Years went by and retirement loomed: "I knew that once I quit working, all the excuses were gone."

For many workers, that is meaningless until retirement looms.

It was also at this club when Mitchell started thinking about coaching as retirement loomed over him.

So when retirement loomed, she knew there would be yawning gaps in her life.

When retirement loomed, Ernie felt it was necessary to switch his investing philosophy from seeking capital gains to creating income from assets owned.

He is currently working on private commissions and developing his writing as "retirement" looms.