Word: regretable
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...Regret is the modish literary emotion this spring; rue is back in fashion; hope's hemline has been let down to fit the century's middle age. So it seems, at any rate, on the evidence of two collections of criticism published this week...
Although he said "the decision is a responsible one," Reinhold Niebuhr, sitting professor of Theology, expressed regret over the imminent nuclear tests...
Niebuhr disagreed with Elliott over the timing of the blasts. "I regret that the tests should be announced before the Geneva conference is over," he said. Despite the conference's lack of "obvious success," the negotiations, he believes, have not yet "obviously failed...
Making his opening declaration. Jouhaud spoke for nearly two hours in an unexpectedly high-pitched voice. He appealed to sentiment, dwelling on his Algerian birth, and saying that all he owned was "a few square meters" of cemetery containing the bodies of his grandparents and parents. His one regret was that he did not "die on Algerian soil. Apart from that. I regret nothing...
...ultimate authority on its safety. Theoretically, he may ignore any antinoise regulation that he considers dangerous. But the pressures to comply are considerable. Airports are continually harassed by their noise-sensitive neighbors, and the pilot who violates a rule for safety's sake may well live to regret it. The airline he works for may be reprimanded for a loud takeoff recorded on the airport's monitors. At some airports, of fending lines have learned that the price of safety is to be forbidden to take off during certain hours...