As for Uggie, the terrier, the actor says that it turned out easier to play across a talented canine than anticipated ("I helped him with little pieces of sausage that I had in my pocket or in my pants cuffs") and that, in retrospect, even the long days on set were part of the fun.

WSJ: Silence Is Golden in 'The Artist'

Do you wish, in retrospect, you had not made those deals even if it meant the collapse of the program?

WHITEHOUSE: Presidential Press Conference

Regulators had focused on firms' ability to operate without unsecured credit for as much as one year, and it was basically assumed that secured credit would always be available, even if at higher rates--a focus that was, in retrospect, inadequate to handle a crisis, Cox said.

FORBES: What We Learned From Bear

Even though I originally wrote it in two separate endeavors, this full story is, in retrospect, the way it was always meant to be.

FORBES: Are You Ready to Take a Radical Leap?

The article was written before the onset of the economic crisis at what was, in retrospect, a high-water mark of American efforts to promote democracy and even of American power more generally.

FORBES: A Blast from the Past - Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul and the "Myth of the Authoritarian Model"

In retrospect, Kodak should have taken the charge of leading that transformation and driving that crossover faster even if it resulted in interim lower profits and revenues.

FORBES: The Entrepreneurial Failure of Eastman Kodak