In December 1953 Mr David BEN GURION retired from his public positions, and settled at Sde Boker in the Negev desert which is a kibbutz.He normally took his morning constitutional in the company of bodyguards and advisers, talking to them whenever he moved his trademark transistor radio away from his ear.One the eve of his 80th birthday, his bodyguards agreed to back off, and allow a photo to be captured of the and and the expanse.