The offer at 153p-a-share was certainly attractive in light of subsequent events.
And, in light of subsequent events, the trial seems more public relations than tough justice.
Could Malick have pulled off the spectacular set piece of the Native American attack that becomes the trigger of subsequent events?
"It was very, very good intel," a special-operations officer with intimate knowledge of subsequent events told me.
Editing with hindsight is always easy, but you can learn by reconsidering your decisions in the light of subsequent events.
And in light of subsequent events, "The Cherry Orchard" stands as a stark reflection of the way history has shaped the character of the Russian people.
In the light of subsequent events, Neville Chamberlain's effort to appease Adolf Hitler is usually portrayed as one of the most shameful episodes in modern British history.
Instead, most of the movie deals with a period of a few months in the spring and summer of 2003, when a series of decisions were made that did much to determine the terrible course of subsequent events.
Then, too, there is the matter of perspective: in light of subsequent events, would Keegan continue to believe that the Iraq war consisted essentially of the formal engagement of regular uniformed troops in March-April 2003? March-April 2003
What follows is the meticulous piecing together of subsequent events and Breq's quest to kill the Lord of the Radch Empire, a near-immortal in control of multiple bodies.
The government's version of subsequent events was that at 18.30 on 15 December, during the closing of the National Liberation Council meeting, unidentified persons had fired into the air near the Nyakuron cultural centre, and escaped.
