Word: regretably
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...Pierce has learned through long experience how to find and catch it. He is, in fact, an archetypal figure in American literature, the little guy at odds with big institutions, battling the triumph of newfangled shoddiness over old traditions. In addition, he possesses enough self-awareness to recognize and regret his bursts of bad behavior...
Democracy usually requires that its battles be fought in the legislatures. But in the 16 years since Roe was decided, the nation has avoided a full-scale political brawl between those at one extreme who feel that a fetus is a mass of dependent protoplasm to be extracted without regret and those at the other pole who believe that an embryo deserves protection from the moment of conception. With Roe in place, politicians could pay rhetorical homage to the pro-life movement without having to act on their professed dislike of abortion. Pro-choice groups, confident that the Roe ruling...
...regret the judge's decision. I have absolutely no prejudgment or prejudice regarding Pete Rose," Giamatti said in a statement. "We will contest this matter tooth and nail...
...wanted to play the Tom Berenger role in Platoon, "I didn't even meet with him," Costner says, "because my brother Dan had been in Viet Nam, and I was reluctant to do a film about something that had such impact on his life. In a way, I regret not doing it; it was a wonderful film. But my consciousness was with my brother...
Living as we are through the greatest global democratic awakening in history, it is hard not to feel the thrill Wordsworth felt when contemplating the French Revolution ("Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive/ But to be young was very heaven!"). Of course Wordsworth lived to regret it. But there will be time for that later. Now is the time to thrill...