Word: retrospection
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When asked what one thing he would have done differently in retrospect, Summers said, “I think I would have adapted my style in a way to build more collegial relations with the Faculty of Arts and Sciences group that emerged as my sharpest critics, without compromising on my commitment to strong renewal of what’s happening at the University...
...signature since the band couldn't come up with another name for it. Even "Young and Sexy"--a tag the band has kept since 1998, through various line-up changes--has little significance. "We were just trying to come up with a band name," Pittman, 34, says simply. "In retrospect, I would never choose...
...have been justified. But any fair observer would grant that, if still imperfect, Summers has at least taken positive steps towards accommodating the Faculty’s complaints. He has removed himself from any direct role in the ongoing Harvard College Curricular Review (HCCR)—perhaps in retrospect, mistakenly, given the Faculty’s disappointing failure to take leadership in this seminal initiative. He has also commissioned a Task Force on Women Faculty and appointed Professor of the History of Science and of African and African American Studies Evelynn M. Hammonds to the new position of senior...
...Writing about the campaign when it was all over, Richard Nixon admitted that there was "one incident?which, in retrospect, might have been avoided or at least better handled." Despite a civil rights record he was proud of, he did not have any comment on the case. Like John Kennedy, Nixon was desperately trying to figure out how to attract northern black voters without alienating southern white ones. And so he decided the best course was to say nothing...
...retrospect, that might have been a mistake...