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Actually, it never really went away, but for a brief moment recently, it seemed at least to be in retreat.

The dark Ones are clearly in retreat, but do not go gracefully and would rather have their last attempts to create chaos.

We have watched for centuries as the Light of change grew stronger and stronger, until now the dark ones are in retreat!

So, to understand this, and I'm going to stress this, it's not about the consumer being in retreat. The consumer is empowered.

There used to be a backbone of earnest, mainly retired investors who always attended AGMs, but as a group they are in retreat.

When British leaders fall back on the Commonwealth as a measure of influence, you know they are in retreat.

For the moment, at least, the naysayers are in retreat.

It is no surprise to see mining projects put on ice, while prices of metals, demand from factories and funding for expansion are in retreat.

The poor state of the UK's finances has led the wider world to conclude that Britain is in retreat.

The dark Ones have been severely weakened in recent weeks, and are in retreat.

He spent a few days in retreat. Dunkirk retreat was a miracle in the history of war.

Some economists said it was a sign that the hardliners were in retreat and the ECB was becoming more dovish.

The dashing French prime minister had made a strong start in office. The economy was showing signs of life and unemployment was in retreat.

But even though poverty is in retreat more slowly than anyone would like, there is still some encouragement for advocates of welfare reform.

There were the wilderness prophets of John the Baptist and Moses, as well as the Yogis who sought a deeper awareness of self in retreat.

Yet, despite this nerve-racking spasm, the recorded figures suggest that the violence is still in retreat.

Tightening of monetary policy and growth moderation have ensured that inflation is now in retreat.

Trade unionism is in retreat across Europe: in Britain and Germany the number of union members has fallen by roughly half since 1980.

Al-Qaeda may be in retreat in many ways, but it is far from beaten.

"Eighty-seven percent of the alpine glaciers are in retreat, " said Martinson of the Western Antarctic Peninsula.

Now, with credit vanishing and portfolio returns under pressure back home, many Asian private equity desks are in retreat.

Oil prices are in retreat, and it could be the start of a return to saner energy prices.

A weaker pound, even with world trade in retreat, still cushions the profit margins of struggling exporters.

He spent a few days in retreat.

Consumers were in retreat long before the recent assaults on their fragile confidence.

A large majority of glaciers are in retreat, defined as the shifting of the snout.

The welfare state and the bond market have collided, and the welfare state is in retreat.

But with public support for the campaign, he says, the army's morale is high; and the Taliban are in retreat.

Within less than 48 hours, Hood's troops were in retreat.

If ultraradicals are in retreat, and bold moderates are finding their voice, that reflects several converging factors.

In retreat, Terry as a leader of the escape plan changes.

indulge in retreat will only let us lose courage , lost hope , lost future.

Mr Malik and others suggest that free speech in the West is in retreat.

Yet, there is no peace, there's no honor, and there's no security in retreat.

Mining companies that were scouring the globe 18 months ago to satisfy China's hunger for metals and minerals are now in retreat.

Today, the world's glaciers are in retreat, sped up by relatively rapid warming of the globe.

The "Greenspanist" doctrine in monetary policy is in retreat.

Pretentious ideas about business will be in retreat.

Proponents of the magic of free markets are in retreat.

As a percentage of economic output, capital markets have been in retreat for much of the past decade, even before this financial crisis.

The Keynesians were in retreat.

If Big Tobacco is in retreat in some parts of the world, it is on the march in others.

The burden of debt, however, which was the initial catalyst, is a slow-moving glacier in retreat.

The nations that resist that alliance are in retreat.

Today, oil is in retreat, but still above $107 a barrel.

Holding umbrellas, they climbed along a winding path to visit a friend living in retreat in a remote mountain.

The army was in retreat to the west.

Private partnerships have been in retreat since 1970 when the New York Stock Exchange allowed its members to go public.

Ever since that moment, the natural world has been in retreat, equally undervalued by economists, accountants, engineers and politicians.

The G7 is now in retreat, at an expected 53 per cent of world GDP in 2011, according to the IMF.

Civil and democratic rights are in retreat, says an organisation with strong, though not uncontested, views on the matter

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Politicians and voters may still thirst for vengeance. But the industry is already in retreat