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...still believe every word of it [the Rosovsky report] and regret the closing, for this kind of facility performed an important service," Rosovsky said...
...full-time, reportedly also came out for greater student participation in running the Institute. This could help explain, among other things, student's belief that far-reaching changes might be in the works. Bok's reluctance (so far) to make the report public, and Price's and May's regret at not having consulted students on Moore's appointment. "I think you're absolutely right, and I wouldn't make an issue of it," Price replied to a question about the apparent discrepancy between the Daly committee's report and the process used for picking Moore...
Verbal Bombshell. It soon became clear that unusual action would be needed to patch up the allies' relations. On Thursday, Kissinger unexpectedly appeared at the State Department's regular noon press briefing where he apologized for his biting comments: "I regret them, and I feel they make no great contribution to the Atlantic dialogue...
...stage of life, throws Prose's sensibilities for her characters into sharp relief. Looking through a window onto the world's future, Isabella agrees with the angels: human life is "just a series of stories and plays, most of which are exactly the same!" There is no reason to regret a bad life if it is "all just a story." Although reluctantly, Prose does allot Isabella a two-sentence demurral to finish the book: she wonders how the Glorious Ones' yearnings for earthly fame fit into the picture...
...context of Spanish politics, those were daring words indeed. Madrid vividly remembers that Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco, Franco's closest colleague and Arias' predecessor as Premier, was killed by Basque bomber-terrorists as he emerged from daily Mass. But Añoveros went on to regret that "sometimes people, or to say it better, their ruling classes, can succumb to the temptation of sacrificing the characteristics and special values of their own country to nothing more than economic development...