Word: regretably
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...least one Somali found the treatment inexplicably rude, given that the men were unarmed. "If you are a human being, it's not good for you to be lying on the ground," he said. "I would like to entertain these foreigners with open arms, but I very much regret this problem...
...regret and human sympathy were quickly outdistanced by more practical doubts. Exactly what did the separation announcement, released by the palace, accomplish? "Their Royal Highnesses," it intoned, "would like to stress first and foremost that this decision is amicable . . . There have been no third parties involved, on either side." Well, fine, but the pair have scarcely been able to look at each other, never mind speak, in public, and each has been caught in indiscreet phonefests with a "confidant...
...music. Like a superb actress, Holiday knew how to internalize her turmoil. She had too much pride in her womanhood, her race and her artistry to turn herself into a sorry paradigm of self-pity. Rather she could make each song she sang a personal testament -- a confession, a regret, a reverie. She did not trade on her personal devastation. She used it till the end, to drive her artistry...
...been one of the leading American scholars on issues of policy," said Marsden. "We regret losing a senior colleague...
...stopped running for the safety of students and drivers and the community at large," he said. "We regret the inconvenience...