But, the first stretch of your much anticipated retirement is likely to be one of the most stressful events of your life.
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During that first stretch he grew the company into one of the biggest players in gaming software, and he eventually returned as CEO in 2007.
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He says, while the M1 has changed somewhat since the opening of that first stretch 50 years ago, it still performs its function very well today.
Former UK Transport Secretary Lord Adonis set out detailed proposals for the first stretch of the 250mph railway, but said the first part of the route would only run from London to Birmingham.
Phil Hughes threw to a 2.11 ERA in his first three starts during that stretch.
Rangers came close to the perfect opening but Wiese was at full stretch inside the first minute to push away a thumping long range strike from Charlie Adam.
In the stretch, Verrazano first turned back Vyjack's bid, then held off Normandy Invasion to give Pletcher an unbeaten horse for the Derby for the second year in a row.
The Nets won 12 of their first 14 under Carlesimo and went 10-3 down the stretch to earn home-court advantage in the first round.
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In the opening half, the Nets used a 15-4 run over a five-minute stretch late in the first quarter en route to a 22-21 edge after one.
Bernstein left government for a stretch, becoming general counsel first for Chemical Waste Management and then for WMX Technologies.
First baseman Ike Davis made a long stretch and caught the ball cleanly, but Rios was safe by a shade.
Warnock's men easily held on to secure a first away win in six matches and stretch their lead over Cardiff to seven points.
But he acknowledged that coming down the stretch in contention for a first major title would be a sterner test of his emotions in the wake of his father's passing.
Donaldson was nailed trying to stretch at second base for the first out.
Williams scored the first four points of the third quarter to stretch the lead to 59-43, the Nets' largest of the night.
Sabathia has been scored upon in the first inning in two consecutive starts after a stretch of 13 starts where he kept the opponent scoreless in the opening inning.
We expect the three regular channels to be mostly stretch-o-vision at first, but there should be plenty of new HD content when they start to launch their original programming.
While this is still a startling string, we must underscore the point that for the first time in 51 months we did have to stretch our definition of double digit to keep the string going.
Donaldson was nailed trying to stretch the hit at second base for the first out.
When finished, its golf courses will stretch into the farmlands of Kanata--first settled by Welshmen.
The Wolves struck first after the break as weak tackling allowed Reardon to stretch over for their fifth try.
Universal, which in a deal with Hasbro also is making movies based on Candy Land and Stretch Armstrong, asked for "Battleship" first.
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"Opening weekends, " historically defined as the 72-hour stretch from Friday through Sunday when a film first plays, are starting earlier, as studios jockey to boost their grosses, build buzz and fill theaters often empty on weeknights.
Humphreys failed in both his conversion attempts to stretch the lead and Edinburgh replied in virtually their first threat to the Ulster line.
Vogelsong (2-4) snapped a six-start winless stretch with just his second victory of 2013 and first since April 11 against the Cubs at Wrigley Field and seemed back on track.
Tobias Seidl at the University of Zurich says that's because nobody thought fast-moving ants were smart enough to bend and stretch their way under low-hanging obstacles without first slowing down to check them out.
Duke outscored North Carolina 11-3 during the 4-minute stretch with Plumlee on the bench and took their first lead when Curry swished a 3 from in front of the bench to make it 42-41 with 14 minutes left.
"It has been an opportune time for corporate borrowers from Eastern Europe to tap the international bond markets, with many Russian, Kazakh and Ukrainian names taking advantage of the stretch for yield to borrow in dollars for the first time since the global crisis, " says Richard Segal, emerging-market strategist at Jefferies International.
Granted, few runners have won the race on this particular stretch of the road, but several definitive surges on First Avenue have helped separate marathon champions from also-rans (literally).
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