Word: regretably
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Republican Goldwater's bitter words jolted the White House even though he had sent a copy of the speech to the President in advance, with a letter expressing regret that he had to make it. But pressed for his reaction to the speech, Ike calmly told his press conference (see below) that differences of opinion are part of the American political system, and then he added his point that the U.S. cannot turn back to 1890. Best translation: Ike intends to stick by his Modern Republican guns, but he does not intend to turn them on the other wing...
Canada's Department of External Affairs took pains to say that Norman had never visited Cape Cod. External Affairs Chief Lester Pearson told a press conference that he had sent a message to Washington, expressing "regret and annoyance" that Norman had been named "on the basis of an unimpressive and unsubstantiated allegation by a former Communist." The charges against Norman, Pearson said, had been investigated in two Canadian security checks, "as a result of which Mr. Norman was given a clean bill of health, and he therefore remains a trusted and valuable official of the department." At the same...
...with regret that we see his potential contribution to our fuller comprehension of truth marred by fear-provoked attempts at misguided "protection" which have no place in a community with faith in the power of truth. 11 Divinity School Students
Also yesterday, President Eisenhower expressed regret to the Canadian ambassador over Norman's death and the effects it has had on relations between the two countries...
...differences were real, and some of them remain. Neither in Sir Anthony Eden's resignation nor in Macmillan's assumption of office has there been any British acknowledgment of regret for its Suez invasion: it is generally regarded in Britain as a failure, but not a mistake. Selwyn Lloyd, Eden's Foreign Secretary, is still on the job, six months after Suez. The mood of the British press last week, as Nasser threw up new difficulties after Israel's withdrawal from his territory, was to crow at the U.S.: "I told you so." London papers, which...