hindsight

Pocket Fowler's Modern English Usage;      91 words ...hindsight. At first used to mean ‘the backsight of a rifle’, since the later part of the 19c it has been...an abstract sense ‘wisdom or knowledge after the event’, especially in the phrase in (or with ) hindsight : With hindsight, it was probably the best thing that could have ...

FRAUD BY HINDSIGHT*

Northwestern University Law Review;  April 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......complaint is an example of alleging fraud by hindsight." -Judge Henry Friendly, in his 1978...Most of us recognize, however, that hindsight colors these beliefs. Events tend to...then that courts worry about "fraud by hindsight" in cases alleging securities fraud...

Fed: Cosgrove says hindsight will one day apply to him

AAP General News (Australia);  July 31, 2002 ;     427 words ...00-00-0000 Fed: Cosgrove says hindsight will one day apply to him CANBERRA, July...today would be judged with the wisdom of hindsight, just as he now saw Australian participation...point of view, it is literally with 20-20 hindsight. Everything we do today will be judged...

Who says hindsight is 20/20?

Jerusalem Post;  October 9, 2002 ;     659 words ...00-00-0000 Headline: Who says hindsight is 20/20? Byline: MICHAEL FREUND Edition...contrast, already has the benefit of hindsight at its disposal. It can look back and...transfers funds to their coffers. For all the hindsight that Israel has, our government seems...

Hindsight is a useful attribute

Citizen Gloucestershire, The;  August 29, 2007 ;     90 words ...It Is a rule of employment that all newspaper editors must possess the gift of hindsight, and The Citizen's Ian Mean is clearly no exception. His gift of hindsight when reporting on the floods is there for all to see. Among the questions he posed...

Hindsight is alive and well

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  April 5, 2005 ;     42 words ...I see 20/20 hindsight is still alive and well. If Saddam had no WMD, why was he keeping U.N. inspectors out of certain sites? When he did let them in, they found evidence of things being moved out. If he had nothing to hide, why all this subterfuge? Donald Chase Midvale

Use hindsight and insight to make positive changes.(Neighbor)

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  September 1, 2001 ;     595 words ...Byline: Ken Potts Hindsight comes cheap. That's one of those commonsense...t agree with it. In fact, I think hindsight is both necessary and usually quite...frustrated, I think we should value such hindsight. Used correctly, it can be an important...

Blair: In hindsight, it was a bad idea.(News)

The Journal (Newcastle, England);  April 12, 2007 ;     393 words ......during a visit to Wales, he said: With hindsight was it a good idea? No ... Do I believe...situation than let it happen. Now, with hindsight, was that a good idea? No. But precisely...but I don't accept this phrase 'with hindsight' ( they should have known the furore...

DriveCam releases Hindsight 20/20. (New Releases).

Claims;  May 1, 2002 ;     156 words ......vehicle safety systems, has launched Hindsight 20/20, a Windows-based software program...evaluate individual driving performances. Hindsight 20/20 is the management component of...frequency and severity of collisions. Hindsight 20/20 features include download and e-ma...

Hindsight insight: don't look back. Make insightful manufacturing business...

Control Engineering;  June 1, 2005 ;     260 words ......time and money. Lots of it. And 20/20 hindsight does zilch for your bottom line. Trade in that hindsight for a window into the future, with Wonderware...assets. So instead of making decisions in hindsight, you'll have both the insight and the...

New Virgin Business Guide released.('20/20 Hindsight' by Rachelle...

M2 Best Books;  April 3, 2002 ;     76 words ......2000-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD '20/20 Hindsight' by Rachelle Thackray is a part of the...foreword by Sir Richard Branson. In '20/20 Hindsight' entrepreneurs impart the secrets of their success in their own words. '20/20 Hindsight' also contains checklist so the reader...

CRIK: Manager regrets bookie report omission, in hindsight

AAP Sports News (Australia);  February 25, 1999 ;     447 words ......Manager regrets bookie report omission, in hindsight By Cole Hitchcock BRISBANE, Feb 25 AAP...But Battersby said his regret was in hindsight, with knowledge of the betting and match-fixi...about what Rod O'Regan said. Basically in hindsight it would have been a good idea to do...

Vic: Single implant better in hindsight for IVF couple

AAP General News (Australia);  November 28, 2005 ;     238 words ......News (Australia) 11-28-2005 Vic: Single implant better in hindsight for IVF couple MELBOURNE, Nov 28 AAP - As Kellie and Craig...once, or three or four." She said that with the benefit of hindsight, it would have been better to limit the embryos to one to...

O'Neill has no time for hindsight.

The Daily Mail (London, England);  April 15, 2004 ;     125 words ......missed out against Villarreal. The Celtic manager refused to indulge in hindsight as he insisted that last season's exit at Inverness was a factor in fielding...could have been injured in training anyway. I refuse to live this life in hindsight.'

[ Hindsight can be as inflammatory as it is coolly convenient ]

Chicago Sun-Times;  February 20, 2003 ;     325 words ...Hindsight can be as inflammatory as it is coolly convenient. In the case of a tragedy of the proportions of the E2 Nightclub stampede...the club's remaining open, and not the defiant owners, is to slip into a dimension where foresight is as powerful as hindsight and practical reality gives way to idealized ...