Word: regretably
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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President Conant expressed regret that the spirit of the American "reformer" has been broken in recent years under the burden of reactionary and fanatic Communist pressure. He referred to "the successful attempts by certain groups and individuals to undermine the status of all reformers... The conviction of Alger Hiss and the confession of Klaus Fuchs have been heavy blows to those who 'would win more victories for humanity.' For the time being, the reformer must struggle against a dark blanket of public suspicion woven by the same types of persons who have always fought him but now are aided...
...nominate and elect him." Shouting Ike instead of aye, the Ikemen instructed their own delegation to the National Convention to cast 33 votes for Ike and five for Taft (from the districts that he really won). Before they adjourned, Harris County Chairman Ingraham shamefacedly walked in to say "I regret the type of campaign that has been waged for Mr. Taft in Texas . . . His Texas men have stolen, misrepresented, and have been dishonorable...
...Troy Ruttman is also the youngest (22) driver ever to win. He first hit Indianapolis three years ago, fibbed about his age (then 19) in order to qualify, and finished twelfth. A year later, he was 15th; last year he was 23rd. He had only one regret last week: the fire lost nearly two minutes, "and if it hadn't been for this I think I could have averaged 130 m.p.h...
...CRIMSON had no such evidence concerning Mr. Buckley and no grounds for believing such evidence exists. In the circumstances, the CRIMSON desires to record that the expressed views were not the views of the CRIMSON or Mr. Rivkin and the CRIMSON regrets publication of the account. We are also advised by Mr. Hall and Mr. Rivkin that they also regret the misrepresentation...
...constantly manipulating people in her mind in the fanciest psycho-analytic conceptual frames of reference, and seems to have only of smattering of lay information. Her really considerable weakness, then, is her inability so far to recognize her notable inadequacies. I regret that falling the science course will in all probability be regarded as an evidence of her distaste for something called "science...