Word: retrospects
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...savoring of the moment was fitting but, in retrospect, somewhat premature. During the incoming flight the helicopters had traveled at about 120 m.p.h.; they roared back to the Kearsarge at 175 m.p.h., skimming the treetops in hopes of avoiding Serbian gunners and missileers below. The 87-mile flight was smooth for its first third, when the helicopters entered a shallow valley in the shape of a rice bowl. But suddenly three small, shoulder-fired SA-7 missiles ripped past, followed by "small gunfire hitting the bird," as Corporal Michael Pevear, the other Marine sitting beside O'Grady...
...retrospect, his spiel was a load of sugar-coated manure, but it sure tasted sweet. I nibbled, and he played me like the tuna...
...Retrospect, the book recently published by Former Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, drew fire from a key speaker on the six-person panel...
Considering my obsession with Menu Man, it was only natural that I should get to do the story on and interview with Him. (When the idea was suggested at FM's weekly meeting, I snatched the Interview with a ferocity that, in retrospect, shocks me.) I called Michael Berry, Director of Harvard Dining Services, to see if he could arrange the meeting; it reminded me of 6th-grade hook-ups. I felt like such a putz, but there was no way I could instigate my rendezvous with Menu Man, was there? Berry's gut reaction was not propitious...
...recent book In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam has garnered enormous publicity nationwide in the last two weeks...