Word: retrospective
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...America's pop-culture choices not as a monolithic State of the Union address but rather as a mix CD we make every year. The tempo and tone don't always mesh. Some of the songs have a direct message; some have emotional meaning; and some, in gimlet-eyed retrospect, make you wonder why you ever picked them in the first place (this means you, Anna Nicole). But then you play that CD back on the stereo, a few older, fatter years later. Your toe taps. A memory comes back. And you realize that in that nonsensical mess of cotton...
...humor is only part of Du Puy’s very un-Harvard attitude. “Freshman year I thought I would be so interesting,” says Du Puy, who describes himself as shy but unconventional. “But in retrospect, I haven’t been.” This comes from a classics and music concentrator who worked on his class’ first-year musical, has performed in several shows, rings the Lowell House bells, tried out for X-Rated “on a whim” and ended up being...
...satisfying conclusion to the duo’s weeklong residency. “It was a fair amount of work, but it was worth it to me,” said Tom Lee, the Program Manager for Learning From Performers. “This has been so gratifying in retrospect that I’d really like to bring in more artists like them...
...used to be afraid to go to meetings because he would just rip me—he was on my back more than anyone I’ve seen here,” Soriano says. “But now, in retrospect, he’s on me like that because he knows I can be a good player. It’s not a personal issue, and he makes that clear...
...poll by the Gorbachev Foundation, which the former president heads, found that 42 percent of Russians thought the economic reforms were necessary in retrospect, while 45 percent did not. These results were “very positive,” he said...