Word: retrospective
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...home state of Wyoming on the day after the announcement, Cheney hedged, pronouncing himself "generally proud" of his House votes, though he might like to "tweak" some in retrospect. Then the next morning he said he wouldn't make "any apologies for" his conservative record. When NBC's Matt Lauer asked him about his opposition to a gun-control measure that even the N.R.A. had supported, Cheney quipped, "Well, obviously I wasn't in the pocket of the N.R.A...
...like to brag, but I myself won the coveted award seven and a half years ago, for my magazine cover story designating the newly elected Bill Clinton as TIME's Man of the Year. In retrospect, I do not claim that the award was entirely undeserved; I gushed a lot, and I did not foresee Monica Lewinsky. Sue me. But for the honor of the award, I would have felt better if Bozell had simply called me up and told me the truth: "You're a f---ing idiot...
...retrospect it was unfortunate, because I think that white, black, and other students suffered as a consequence and didn't learn what they could've from each other...
...November 28: Rudenstine, suffering from severe fatigue, requests a medical leave of absence.I see in retrospect that I still thought I was 35 years old and could go three or four years without a vacation, Rudenstine said in 1996. Ive realized Im no longer 35 years old. The absence is closely covered by the national media and is featured on the cover of Newsweek. He returns 3 months later...
Some see these moves as steps toward a world full of nukes. But in retrospect what is striking is less the number of countries that have gone nuclear than the number that have not. And several, including South Africa, Brazil and Argentina, have even reversed course and abandoned once active weapons programs...