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re troh spek tiv lee

  • r  in a manner contemplative of past events
    retrospectively, he seems like a great artist

  • The new movie also gives a darker retrospectively hue to the seemingly innocuous Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
  • So the time that DeLillo devotes to that opening breakfast can be retrospectively explained: these were the last moments that a wife, Lauren, shared with her husband.
  • The film never stops shifting from then to now, with dramatic scenes often commented upon retrospectively by generals and statesmen who took part.
News & Articles

  • Jerry Brown Stands Atop California's Collapsing House Of Cards
    Jerry Brown, soon to be California’s longest-serving Governor, is obsessed with his legacy. Legacies, however, are judged retrospectively. For now, Brown has been receiving much credit nationally for “balancing” the budget. In truth, the budget is not really balanced and Brown is setting California up to fall like a house of cards.
    July 8, 2013 - Forbes
  • AL Notes: Mariners, White Sox, Astros, Blue Jays
    Here are a few trade notes from around the American League: As we approach the trade deadline with the Mariners looking more like sellers than buyers, Larry Stone of the Seattle Times took a look back at GM Jack Zduriencik's recent history at the deadline. Beginning with an ill-fated swap of a young Michael Morse for Ryan Langerhans and featuring the retrospectively painful Doug Fister deal, the ...
    July 6, 2013 - MLB Trade Rumors
Quotes

  • Bill Parcells in San Jose Mercury News
    I wanted to try to give our team some momentum,Parcells said. "Retrospectively, we probably should have kicked the field goal because the play didn't work."
  • Stuart Bell in AFP
    He has introduced new rules retrospectively, he has introduced caps retrospectively, and that is against the fairness and the rules of natural justice,Stuart Bell, a senior Labour lawmaker, told BBC radio.
  • Guy Kewney in FOXNews
    Though the BBC did not elaborate on how the mistake occurred, Kewney wrote in his blog that a studio manager, "wringing his hands as if he wanted to suddenly take the day off, retrospectively," had called the reception area - rather than the...

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