Word: regretable
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...Arab world are not necessarily comparable to those elsewhere; second, it is difficult to define what being "leftist" actually means in Egyptian, Syrian, or Iraqi politics. After scanning the turbulent skies of this aspect of Arab politics, no matter how clearly it is presented, one begins to regret ever having used the terms "right" and "left" for any political grouping, anywhere...
hesitant still with regret...
...members of the Lampoon are quite concerned about the issues raised in recent weeks by the HRBSA. We regret that students have found some material in the magazine to be "racially offensive." We wish to express our concern that specific articles were received in this fashion. The Lampoon is a humor magazine; we attempt to amuse our readers by ridiculing stereotypes rather than merely by repeating or perpetuating them...
...editors feel burned by what they regard as odious past attempts to muzzle them in the name of national security. "Once something leaks out, it's open season," says Editor Tom Winship of the Boston Globe. "I always regret it when we've played games. I got my head clear on the Pentagon papers." Over at the New York Times, the Bay of Pigs lesson was well learned. At President Kennedy's personal request, the Times did not print what it knew in advance of the invasion, only to be told afterward by a rueful Kennedy that had the story...
...antidote to soothe the consuming obsessions of Idi Amin. Some of his opponents, much to their regret, have tried other possibilities. Amin himself has proudly documented at least nine separate attempts on his life. He seems to have a fix on every thought, not to say plan, concerning his enemies. Once last year, as the presidential limousine was driving through northern Uganda, some opponents ambushed the car and pumped it full of machine-gun bullets, killing all the occupants. But Amin had switched cars down the road -and survived. Later, a grenade bounced off Amin's cheek in another...