Word: retrospective
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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From then on, Yeltsin never wavered. At 12:30 p.m. Monday he clambered atop an armored truck outside the White House to announce the decree assuming command. He denounced the coup as illegal and unconstitutional and called for a general strike to thwart it. In retrospect, that was the first and perhaps the biggest turning point. Yeltsin had made it obvious that the coup would face determined resistance; his appearance helped inspire protest demonstrations throughout the country. At the time, however, its significance was not entirely apparent. No more than about 200 Muscovites had gathered outside the Russian republic building...
...rules of risk reduction in the life of any woman often becomes clear only in retrospect--"I shouldn't have let him walk me home (but he offered to because my roommates had already left)"--or are obvious to the experienced but not to the young woman who has never been away from home before...
...surprise and horror of many Americans, President Bush moved hastily to end economic sanctions and began the air war just after the U.N. deadline. While this may seem like an intelligent move in retrospect, at the time sanctions were still a viable option. No military supplies had entered Iraq in months; Iraqi oil remained almost completely unsold. Even a limited air war would endanger the lives of many Iraqi civilians who could at least obtain food and medicine under the sanctions...
...FACT THAT Morgan missed the point of my piece, in retrospect, is not surprising. While rape may be a one-night crime to rapists and innocents, to victims it is something that lingers for years. What I wrote about in that article was coming to terms with what happened for myself. But for Morgan's lack of imagination, and because with his allegations Morgan forces my hand, I will more clearly spell out what happened to me that night...
...strategic importance. A senior State Department official reflects on the lesson: "One of the things we've probably learned is to put more stock in our own analysis and less confidence in what other nations are telling us. We listened to them, and we gave it considerable weight. In retrospect, that was an error...