Word: retrospection
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...didn't think of it as an American involvement. We were ignorant, we were lied to. Nixon is right. He did not start any of this. But that does not mean that he should not have been impeached. That means they all should have been impeached," he says in retrospect...
...late Sixties saw a burst of cultural symbolism--each product of which was greeted with either glee or derision. Every milieu made its own contribution. The fashion industry bestowed the miniskirt, musicians drummed up acid rock, drugs brought their own cults etc. etc. In retrospect, these symbols elicit smiles--even laughs--of recognition from those who participated in, and watched their rises to popularity, and subsequent plummets to oblivion. Still, they deserve sober contemplation. The apolitical, self-absorbed demeanor of many members of the present generation decrees that these social signposts be regarded as fads. Such a viewpoint belittles...
...Gulf Oil protests. "To have had those procedures implemented promptly before the problem arose would have been a good thing," Bok says. "Of course, hindsight is always easy. In the fall, there was no problem, and it didn't appear that moving on that ACSR deliberately would matter. In retrospect, it did, and to that extent I suppose I have some regrets...
...degree he earned from the Uni versity of Chicago never displaced his curiosity about people - or made him a dollar. In retrospect, Terkel's decision not to practice law looks inspired...
...Sometimes I don't know why I just continue to go back and forth in the pool," he said, "but in retrospect, I can honestly say that I have gotten a great deal out of swimming...