Word: retrospective
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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There we all stood, hypnotized by what we had found. The wind blew, but no one shivered. A woman who, in retrospect, sounded quite zombified, quietly said, "We have to save the squirrel." Yet no one moved. I was going to be late for an Expos conference, but it didn't matter. Slowly the dog advanced. The squirrel stopped nibbling, cast a disdainful glance over his shoulder and went right back to munching. The dog took another step, and the squirrel, who didn't appear to be looking, took off like a shot, arriving safely at a nearby tree just...
...retrospect, regret not having called the Crimson, since we could at the same time have explained that the woman affected and her roommates did not wish to speak to the press. As it turned out, a Crimson reporter did call the woman, and this call was extremely upsetting to her and to her roommates; for this particular reason we are sorry we did not try to be helpful by contacting the Crimson first...
Many will disagree with my forecast, but I offer it because predictions are always interesting in retrospect, whether right or wrong. Upon the celebration of the 150th anniversary of The Crimson, the editors of the future will have something to look back upon and analyze--six predictions that will later be deemed stupid, ironic or, hopefully, right on target...
...retrospect, the band can't complain about the long journey to stardom--little has changed conceptually for them. Even though the Mighty Mighty Bosstones has become a name of instant recognition instead of a moniker to be passed around among indie crowd, the band holds dear to its roots. The group continues to prefer the intimacy of the Middle East club to offer up their unique sound to the new and veteran fans, but getting them to move down one T stop to Harvard Square may be more difficult...
...retrospect illuminates the book's design, it obscures its ostensible subject. "This is a Degas we do not know well," Benfey notes of the not yet very famous man who stayed with the Mussons, and Benfey does not help us know this Degas any better. What Benfey instead introduces with his dense detail is a city peculiarly conducive to creativity. By turns menacing and nurturing, the New Orleans of the 1870s lurks behind every knotty relationship and every political machination of Degas' relatives, behind every story of Chopin's or Cable's and behind many of Degas' works...