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  • Hillary should either go back to the senate or just plain retire.

    Clinton supporters scrap letter pressuring Obama 2008

  • I've spent a lot of time over the past ten years thinking about how I'm going to eventually wind down my law practice and "retire."

    The Legal Underground: 2007

  • That doesn't include his right to more than $20 million any time he decides to "retire."

    Judy Dugan: All Hail Exxon 2008

  • They won't fire the BRFAM400YA tenured faculty, but there will be no BRFAM400YA courses, so s/he will be teaching intro basketweaving techniques endlessly until s/he decides to "retire."

    Archive 2008-09-01 Bardiac 2008

  • They won't fire the BRFAM400YA tenured faculty, but there will be no BRFAM400YA courses, so s/he will be teaching intro basketweaving techniques endlessly until s/he decides to "retire."

    Between Despair and the Hard Place Bardiac 2008

  • But according to a 1999 EBRI survey, 68 percent of the people now at work plan to hold paying jobs after they "retire."

    Planning: The Next Stage 2008

  • On Oct. 1, Mr. Lenny called trust Chairman Mr. Zimmerman and said he was going to "retire."

    How Hershey Went Sour Julie Jargon, Matthew Karnitschnig 2008

  • I've spent a lot of time over the past ten years thinking about how I'm going to eventually wind down my law practice and "retire."

    The Legal Underground: 2007

  • The mouse houses' bozo management should never have allowed Eric to "retire."

    The Eric Larson Interview Steve Hulett 2006

  • M: Still, I think it's too soon for him already to go to the US to "retire."

    Archive 2006-12-01 Etienne 2006

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