'" Hip hop magnate Russell Simmons reacted negatively to the album at the time, but later expressed regret and said of the album in retrospect, " At the time, I didn't understand their music — it sounds so different from what I was used to that I foolishly ... claim that they ' weren't hip-hop.

Others, like Gang of Four, The Raincoats and Throbbing Gristle, who had little more than cult followings at the time, are seen in retrospect as significant influences on modern popular culture.

Okada felt in retrospect that it needed a stronger screenplay, that it was too niche and like an " art " film to be really mainstream and successful-the film did not recoup its budget at the box office.

From the perspective of the present day, the first three sub-groups look in retrospect like separate branches, each with its own traditions, though some degree of merger is taking place as Spanish and Portuguese congregations increasingly include Jews of other backgrounds.

Innocent Victim, released in November 1977, " had a slight edge on Firefly ", according to Box, but still in retrospect this " blend of sharp, short rockers and pop-friendly ballads " looked like " an attempt to court the American AOR market ".

The Sea of Light album ( 1995 ) produced by the band along with Kalle Trapp was well received and in retrospect is seen as the band's return to form, the key to success being ( according to critic Donald A. Guarisco ) the way it " forsook the ill-judged pop metal stylings of albums like Equator for a return to the gothic-tinged old-school metal style that highlighted classic Uriah Heep albums like Look at Yourself ".

" He regretted the decision to release no singles in retrospect, as " it meant the only judgement of our music was being made too much by critics opinions, which was ok and everything but there is nothing like the excitement of hearing on the radio.

Friedman responded to criticism by writing: " In retrospect I probably should have used a more precise term like ‘ engineered ’ by the Israel lobby -- a term that does not suggest grand conspiracy theories that I don ’ t subscribe to .”

Gerrold noted, in retrospect, that it would not be like the Enterprise crew to have such attitudes against Kirk as Bandi induced, and that he might instead set the episode on another ship where laxity has been reported.

However, we do acknowledge that, in retrospect, presenting the dress in our Manchester Exchange Square store in this way was a mistake, and would like to apologise if this particular window has upset anyone.

In retrospect, we should have originally agreed to do a sequel in six months, and spent a year doing it, like they did!

" By the time we had resolved some of the terms ," he said, " they were really against the wall in terms of back story ... In retrospect, I should have just slept on the set because it was like sixty or seventy pages a day!

In retrospect, the germ theory of Pasteur, as well as its antiseptic applications by Lister, can be traced to Schwann's influence. like if

Hess's contribution, like Leon Pinsker's Autoemancipation, became important only in retrospect, as the Zionist movement began to crystallize and to generate an audience in the late nineteenth century.

He stated that " sometime in elementary school I had a teacher who, in retrospect, did not like poetry herself.

Morris, Riley and Wolseley had all been owned by the Nuffield Organisation which had merged with Austin to become BMC, and all three marques would soon be heavily involved in BMC's badge engineering ; for Wolseley enthusiasts, in retrospect the 6 / 90 seemed like the last true Wolseley, being visually distinct from contemporary ( and cheaper ) Austin and Morris offerings.

The Romanized Jewish historian Josephus, in The Jewish War ( 3. 399ff ) applied the prophecy — perhaps in retrospect, like most successful prophecies — to Vespasian, who was campaigning against the Jewish Zealots in Palestine, and who was to come out of Palestine and rule the world, his flatterer asserted.

Cobbald's design made what in retrospect seems like an obvious change ; the read wire was threaded across the planes instead of one per plane.

The extra " e ," according to Dionne, " was the worst thing I could have done in retrospect, and in 1975 I finally got rid of that damn ' e ' and became ' Dionne Warwick ' again.

Kennan acknowledged in retrospect that it was a " foolish thing for me to have said.

In his eulogy, Judge Peter Dorsey said in retrospect " the blizzard was the best thing that happened " to Meskill, since it caused him to pursue a judicial career instead of continuing a career seeking elective office

Although fans probably thought of as an unconscionable crossover attempt, it's still quite experimental in retrospect ".

In retrospect, he was thankful for experiencing so much defeat, since it had the effect of giving him the courage to attempt things he wouldn't have tried if his early life would have been easier.

Freeman publicly expressed regret about this line of questioning, which was seen by some commentators in retrospect as a tactless attempt to expose Harding's homosexuality, though the viewing public did not become aware of it, and he was seen as merely a lonely bachelor.

The staged basket, while questioned in retrospect, was his attempt to make it up to her.

In retrospect, this unsuccessful and badly-planned attempt to placate the Congress in return for temporary wartime support was the point at which the British departure from India became inevitable.

In retrospect of those tours, Love said: " I was completely high on dope, I cannot remember much about it.

I would now say in retrospect that he was actually conservative, moderate and that his conclusions are trustworthy.

Originally called Semaine Internationale des Sports d ' Hiver (" International Winter Sports Week ") and held in association with the 1924 Summer Olympics, the sports competitions held at the foot of Mont Blanc in Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France between January 25 and February 5, 1924, organized by the French Olympic Committee, were in retrospect designated by the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ) as the I Olympic Winter Games.

In retrospect, she said in 1981: " I still cannot listen to it, because everything I wanted for that record, they took it away.

In retrospect, Schreiber said in a 2008 interview, he appreciates his mother's influences, saying, " Since I've had Sasha, I've completely identified with everything my mother went through raising me ... And I think her choices were inspired.

Thomas said in a New York Times interview that " If I had seen miracles Hinn's ministry, I would have been happy to trumpet it ... but in retrospect, I think they do more damage to Christianity than the most committed atheist.

A year after Consciousness Explained was published, Dennett noted " I wish in retrospect that I'd been more daring, since the effects are stronger than I claimed ".

I supported the Iraq War and ( although I feel kind of silly about it in retrospect ) the impeachment of Bill Clinton.

The race is in retrospect sometimes referred to as the I Grand Prix de l ' ACF.

The Belle Époque was named, in retrospect, when it began to be considered a " golden age " in contrast to the horrors of World War I.

In retrospect, Lynch has said, " I feel bad that Fire Walk with Me did no business and that a lot of people hate the film.

If you think Terayama's poem uses a child's game to express in hyperbolic metaphor how, in retrospect, life is short, and nothing more, then this would indeed work as a senryū.

Looking back at the McCarthy era over 40 years later as an interviewee in the film Arguing the World, Glazer reflected on the stance he and some other liberal anti-communists took: " Even at the time and also in retrospect we never managed to figure out a good position, one that was respectable and moral and responsive to all the complicated issues raised ... I still don't think we have one.

In retrospect, Clark said, " I think that with music school and art school, or school in any form, there has to be some system of grading and measurement.

" I think in retrospect the biggest mistake made in the whole project was the public release of the Line-Mode Browser.

In retrospect, however, he paid tribute to these efforts to set a new direction for architecture: " I think it is due to these young men of the 80s that the arts were rescued from the paralysing conventions of the Victorian era ".

Grant, asked in a 2003 Times interview about how he viewed his encounter with Thompson in retrospect, said, " I think, ultimately, the pros and cons about evened out, actually.

Francesa said, " In retrospect, I think it set us off on a bad path that last year.