Orlando regretted his words, but not to the point of retracting them.

He supposed he should have tried to prod her into retracting the statement.

When retracting the cylinder, the container/body is pulled forward and down, engaging the rear locks.

"Acceptability is an ever expanding and retracting elastic band."

In 2002, the College opened a new 'state-of-the-art' building with 4 classrooms and retracting walls, providing accommodation for a 350 student assembly.

The aircraft had a standard landing gear with both wheels retracting into bays under each fuselage center section.

It had tailskid landing gear, with the main gear retracting inwards.

Gordis sent a follow-up e-mail apologizing for any personal embarrassment he caused, without retracting any of his earlier comments.

It has a retractable landing gear with the main wheels moving above the water line on the fuselage side rather than retracting into the fuselage.

The smartwheels of her skateboard, many, many spokes extending and retracting to fit the shape of the ground, take her.

The fingers terminate in curved, retractable claws, which can be extended when the Quintaglio is threatened, (though they are capable of extending and retracting them at will).

Even before retracting the letter, Chief Murley acknowledged that its wording had been inexact and that his intentions had been misinterpreted.

He followed the procedure: gantry-arm retracting, the switch to internal power, umbilicals disconnecting, fuel-pressure building, APU ignition.

Thus I must disagree with Birkerts's self-congratulating suggestion: to adopt such a stance is hardly sticking one's neck out - retracting neck into shell would seem a more accurate metaphor.

The goal of using a sliding form factor is to allow the operator to take advantage of full physical keyboards or keypads, without sacrificing portability, by retracting them into the phone when these are not in use.

This may lead to the 'B' hood ornament not retracting as intended when a vehicle is involved in a crash," a recall notice from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said.

Calling him a "bigot" before retracting this and describing him instead as "prejudiced" and "uninformed", the interviewer invoked Stewart's faith as an example of how Stewart was "a minority as much as you are".

For instance, Italian police discovered that a few days after his escape from his protected location, pentito Constantino Saro met Licciardi in order to ask for money in return for retracting statement's on the clan's activities.

A cabriolet (convertible) version was also available; built by Bertone (rather than at the main Fiat factory), it featured an electric powered fully retracting roof and was one of the cheapest open-top cars in the world at the time.

A key part of the look was the inclusion of the top headline into a ribbon which orbited the globe for a time before retracting back; other ribbons of this nature were present in the background, but featured the BBC News logo.

Another advantage of this design was that because the outboard-retracting main landing gear, retracting through roughly an 85 angle, was attached to the fuselage, it was possible to completely remove the wings of the aircraft for major servicing without the need for additional equipment to support the fuselage.

Dual and tri-operating gates: Ford's full-size wagons for 1966 introduced a system marketed as "Magic Doorgate"-a conventional tailgate with retracting rear glass, where the tailgate could either fold down or pivot open on a side hinge-with the rear window retracted in either case.

The Traditional Style Awnings are appropriate for historical buildings and are still popular today using a more weather resistant fabric such as a solution dyed acrylic fabric such as Sunbrella Fabric and a rope and pulley system for retracting the awnings.

Some have gone so far as to retract their own hard words.

The baby was found, and the woman later retracted her story.

It is a decision I cannot and will not retract.

The police later retracted all the charges against the women.

But I do not back down or retract one bit on the need for reform.

She had given me the original order, and would not now retract it.

The paper on which this section is based has been retracted recently.

It can be shot out and retracted at great speed.

This paper is one of three retracted by the journal.

When it is retracted, nothing stands between the house and the open air.

Two days later he retracted his statement, saying the number was in fact ten.

I seem to remember myself standing with my arm half retracted, trying also to take it in.

A week later in May 1441, the warrant was retracted.

He had also repeatedly changed and even retracted his story.

The eyes of the other arms were retracted, probably asleep.

A number noticed little points that I had to then retract.

Only seconds passed before the door to the control room retracted.

Yeah I think we're going to have to retract that to be honest.

At first it might help to retract the iron a little.

And just as she was about to retract her hand again, he woke up.

He sank back down to the ground and retracted his eyes.

Yet something inside wanted to retract the words and ask for her forgiveness.

Nor will I retract my offer to you, not even to please her.

By the time the paper was retracted, it had already been cited 34 times.

Although he later retracted his letter, the damage was already done.