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CULTURE WARS In the 1980s he and Tipper were criticized by Hollywood--a big source of party money--for their fight against obscene lyrics. In 1987 the couple expressed "regret" about their crusade, promising that their zeal would never amount to censorship...
Looking back over the past few years, I genuinely regret missing out on what my friends at Stanford and Duke have had--not simply the championships and winning records (which Harvard actually has, though few of us seem to notice), but the feeling of shared pride and loyalty to your school that comes from a sense of community and support that can only begin at the highest levels of the administration. The reputation and legacy of this school can be almost overwhelming, and there need to be steps taken by the University to rekindle an excitement about our school, simply...
...that would not subside even after leaving office. After less than two terms in the Senate, Prescott retired in 1962 for health reasons. He had suddenly begun to lose weight, and a doctor told him, "You'd be a fool to run." So Prescott complied, a decision he would regret. "Once you've had the exposure to politics that I had," he said later, "...it gets in your blood, and then when you get out, nothing else satisfies that in your blood. I mean, there's no substitute diet for it, you see? It's like the old song...
JEFF BEZOS Amazon dot bomb. Lost COO. Stock falling. Don't make us regret that Man of the Year thing...
...Concorde crash (with early indications placing blame on the tires), it seemed an excruciatingly bad time to run this full-page ad for the financial-services firm UBS in Friday's New York Times. Was someone not reading the headlines? Said UBS, which has pulled the ad: "We regret it." The Times had no comment...