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given to or marked by reflection of the past
Her book takes a retrospective look at the actor's long and distinguished career.
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The retrospective look at a window in time of his studio recordings starts its time on the Official Albums Sales ranking at No. 35, just two slots lower than on the physical-only tally.
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
Jolie will attend the ceremony and sit for a Q&A retrospective moderated by Maltin, the longtime critic and SBIFF attendee who had the award renamed after him in 2015.
—Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2024
Entitled From Here to Eternity, the Fred Zinnemann retrospective will be running at the Lumière Film Festival in Lyon over Oct. 12-Oct. 20, before heading through France and other territories.
—Lise Pedersen, Variety, 16 Oct. 2024
Shaped in large part by Svenskt Tenn’s long-term collaboration with Austrian architect and designer Josef Frank beginning in the 1930s, the centenary retrospective unfurls in 13 rooms.
—Alia Akkam, Architectural Digest, 10 Oct. 2024
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
Jolie will attend the ceremony and sit for a Q&A retrospective moderated by Maltin, the longtime critic and SBIFF attendee who had the award renamed after him in 2015.
—Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2024
Entitled From Here to Eternity, the Fred Zinnemann retrospective will be running at the Lumière Film Festival in Lyon over Oct. 12-Oct. 20, before heading through France and other territories.
—Lise Pedersen, Variety, 16 Oct. 2024
Shaped in large part by Svenskt Tenn’s long-term collaboration with Austrian architect and designer Josef Frank beginning in the 1930s, the centenary retrospective unfurls in 13 rooms.
—Alia Akkam, Architectural Digest, 10 Oct. 2024
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But Heretic’s philosophical tension is left dangling.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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This is a talky chamber piece of philosophical face-offs, debate duels and wordy warfare, though the outcomes remain just as harrowing.Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2024
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In the inaugural installment of PEOPLE's new video series My Side, Hanson brothers Isaac, Taylor and Zac get nostalgic about creating the chart-topping 1997 pop hit — and who exactly came up with its iconic and unique title.Jack Irvin, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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Some of the visitors were feeling nostalgic as well.Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 2 Nov. 2024
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Instead, a successful detox often leaves people feeling introspective and curious.Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2024
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As Mercury transitions from the depths of Scorpio into the free-spirited realm of Sagittarius, our mental energy shifts from introspective and suspicious to hopeful and expansive.Valerie Mesa, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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Administrations have tended to declassify broad analytic judgments that carry little risk to sources and methods, leaving out the sensitive intelligence nuggets that could allow the source to be identified.David V. Gioe, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
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In contrast to almost all historical analytic methods, LLMs don't natively provide any kind of audit trail or record of decision by default.Mike Flaxman, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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Many other TikTok users commented, praising the mom for her thoughtful interaction with Graves.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Indeed, across social media on Wednesday, people were hoping — praying, even — that these ominous, panic-inducing spam messages might finally end, posting pictures of thoughtful politicians, or even excited Oprahs, to illustrate the point.David Mack, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
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For example, bullet journaling, reflective journaling, junk journaling, gratitude journaling and freewriting.Noma Nazish, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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That’s reflective of the current Pope Francis, who’s been largely commended for his liberal viewpoints.Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Retrospective.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retrospective. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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