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...retrospect, the outcome should have appeared inevitable--perhaps ever since the Allied invasion of North Africa in late 1942, probably since the Soviet victory at Stalingrad in 1943, almost certainly since D-day and the Normandy break out and the liberation of Paris in the summer of 1944. The Allied advantage in troops and weapons meant that it was only a matter of time before the Germans were defeated...
...base to make way for a new high school. Growth is natural, Kawamoto says, but he regrets modern disconnections from the past. "Now the future is everything." Still, he believes that the world is in many ways better off than before the war. He is glad in retrospect that the Americans won the war--a feeling expressed by many Japanese his age. Under the military regime, Japan's spirit would have perished, he says. Japan needed democracy, and it took losing the war to achieve...
Privately I am not certain how I will manage out in the countryside, especially if there is a bombing raid, as running for cover doesn't seem to be in the cards; but I say I don't want to change our plans, and everyone nods. In retrospect I wonder about my insistence at continuing despite the danger. Yes, I was numb with exhaustion and pain. But more to the point is my character: to turn away out of fear is just about unthinkable...
Gupta was originally reluctant to be crowned one of the hottest members of her class. And in retrospect, she thinks she had good reason...
Both Taylor and Pelle rushed onto the ice to relieve Steve Mandes. In retrospect, neither freshman was sure if he should have...