Certain encounters take on in retrospect an historical significance unrecognised at the time of their occurrence.
And his judgment about certain Russian leaders was, in retrospect, too optimistic.
In retrospect, certain qualities of the disturbed interior foreshadowed more dramatic instabilities that later petrospectral presences would bring.
There is reason to believe that, at least in certain units, massive and, in retrospect, excessive firepower was employed, the apparent result of a miscalculation about how, and where, Hamas fighters were likely to engage in combat.
So little is really understood about how decisions are taken behind the tightly maintained veil of ignorance that surrounds the highest echelons of party deliberations, that there is a certain premium on seeming wise in retrospect.
I also point out in retrospect that on certain issues, such as the Truman administration's handling of the cold war in China and Korea, Taft, McCarthy and their ideological allies may have had more of a point than previous scholars, including Hamby, have been prepared to admit.
In retrospect, at a certain point it's your ability to learn quickly and contribute quickly that matters.
In retrospect, there was a certain inevitability to jeggings.
By Susan Orlean July 26, 2010 In retrospect, there was a certain inevitability to jeggings.
In retrospect it seems quite certain that Boole did not know why his system worked.
