Word: regretably
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...other diseases brought to New Zealand by the white man. In the next 25 years, disease reduced the Maoris almost to extinction. In 1881 Dr. Alfred K. Newman, another member of Parliament, wrote: "Taking all things into consideration, the disappearance of the race is scarcely a subject for regret. They are dying out in a quick, easy way, and are being supplanted by a superior race...
...knows, he is otherwise in good health for a man of 70. The last outsiders to see him were members of the Finnish trade delegation which signed a treaty with the U.S.S.R. last month. Stalin, dressed in the grey uniform of a Soviet marshal, offered the Finns cigars, expressing regret that they were of Russian make and therefore no good, Russia having made cigars such a short while. Minister of Trade and Industry Sakari S. Tuomioja replied that they were not the best, but quite good nevertheless. A longish argument on the subject of cigars ensued, into which Premier Urho...
...Chapin has had no reason to regret his decision. With an occasional portrait commission on the side, he has managed to support himself from his rambles through the big-city jungles. And returns from the Black Bull, which has been sold to the Chicago Athletic Association for $900, should keep the family going for a little while longer. "In this work," Chapin says philosophically, "three months is about as far ahead as you can plan. All I hope is that things work out so that I can keep...
Part of Mr. Brown's letter follows: "We regret that we cannot supply a report on the play in technical terms, as the game is unfamiliar to us, but we hope that you will be able to gather the important facts from the following...
Stokes sums up the case as "a most interesting and illuminating public discussion, the general results of which should prove of benefit to the country, even though many non-Catholics may differ on the question of auxiliary aids, and many Catholics may regret that the Cardinal yielded on the matter of direct aid to parochial schools...