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reappraisal

ree uh pray zuhl

  • n  a new appraisal or evaluation

  • From modest recants--Oprah Winfrey on James Frey, NBA commissioner David Stern on leather balls, Rupert Murdoch on global warming--to full-on ideological 180s, reappraisal is in .
  • Reuters reports that "under the evolving plan, homes would undergo a standardized reappraisal and homeowners would face a uniform eligibility test.
  • Early success is followed, almost metronomically, by harsh reappraisal; and in the process, many promising writers are intimidated, disillusioned or silenced.
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  • Marvin Kalb in Washington Post
    She's done excellent work,Kalb said. "She deserves an honest reappraisal. Whether that will be given to her, who knows. But it's deserved."
  • Barack Obama in Washington Post
    In a speech at NASDAQ Marketsite, Obama warned that a "what's good for me is good enough" mentality is creeping across Wall Street and echoed Franklin D. Roosevelt in calling for a "reappraisal of values."
  • Gavin Menzies in Reuters UK
    If accepted, the claim would force an "agonising reappraisal of the Eurocentric view of history", Menzies says in his book "1434: The Year A Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed To Italy and Ignited The Renaissance".

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