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“So much has happened that, only with hindsight, one might feel was predictable, but for which the organization and staff were not really prepared,” the report said.

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Even with the benefit of hindsight, they could still see what “a tough job” it is “spending a million or two well.”

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Timing, with everything in hindsight, yes - maybe I would have made different decisions.

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Ellinghouse said after his team’s 30-0 victory that he was frustrated with the repeated game stoppages and in hindsight, regrets having his players engage in the fake cramps.

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But despite the benefit of hindsight, Safdie doesn’t seem to have considered that the old narrative no longer fits.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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