The retreat follows a "Purgative-Illuminative-Unitive" pattern in the tradition of the spirituality of John Cassian and the Desert Fathers.

But defeat and retreat followed retreat and defeat.

American forces had great difficulty retreating through the wet rice paddies, and a disorganized retreat followed as they attempted to pull back.

The retreat followed limit losses in most contracts on Friday.

Grinning his thanks to Sojan he covered the mer- cenary's retreat with his own slim blade then followed.

Currency dealers said the dollar's retreat followed its overnight decline in New York, where the American currency ended at 152.50 yen, down from 152.70 yen on Friday.

The retreat followed two general routes.

The retreat follows Ethiopia's punishing 12-day offensive into Eritrea.

A disorderly retreat follows.

A retreat to Romania followed soon after.