Word: retrospective
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...retrospect, the excruciatingly long periods of silence from Carroll's kidnappers may have been a positive sign. "It's been my experience that when you don't hear from them for a couple of months, they get released," said a former hostage negotiator who has worked in Iraq. He said missing the first deadline was a actually a good sign because "there does seem to be a trend that if you get held for a few months, either they get tired of holding you or work out a deal through the Iraqis." He mentioned that all of the journalists...
...retrospect, neoconservatives (and I fully include myself) made three huge errors. The first was to overestimate the competence of government, especially in very tricky areas like WMD intelligence. The shock of 9/11 provoked an overestimation of the risks we faced. And our fear forced errors into a deeply fallible system. When doubts were raised, they were far too swiftly dismissed. The result was the WMD intelligence debacle, something that did far more damage to the war's legitimacy and fate than many have yet absorbed...
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...