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...Secretary-General U Thant was predictably pious (and for a neutral official, inappropriately political), expressing "deep regret" over the bombing of "heavily populated areas" and plugging his pet pipedream that by halting the air strikes the U.S. could end the war. The Vatican's L'Osservatore Romano viewed with concern, fretting that "news such as this cannot be learned without regret and also without worries." Charles de Gaulle, to nobody's surprise, joined his Moscow hosts in an expression of "alarm" and a warning of the "increasing instability" in Southeast Asia,which-he forbore to note...
...charcoal drawing, Buffoon and His Monkey, in a Landscape, then protested that she did not mean to get that one. The auctioneer rebuked her: "Madame, that's impossible. You've been bidding for five minutes and the object is right in front of you. I regret it, but it's yours...
...Adhemar, now 65, flew off to European exile with his black-haired mistress in tow, many Brazilians felt a twinge of regret at seeing the magnificent old reprobate go. After all, in an era when corrupt politicians were almost admired, Adhemar had been the greatest rogue of them...
...cent to meet competition from other universities. The Faculty establishes a new committee to administer the new Gen Ed program. The first Negro ever elected to a final club becomes a member of the Spee. No one feels much like commenting, and those who do probably regret...
Blindfold marks the Hollywood debut of Claudia Cardinale, who must regret the expensive miracles of mismanagement worked in her behalf. Though still identifiable by her accent and by moviedom's quickest smile, CeeCee is lacquered with a standard starlet finish that makes her beauty appear sprayed on. Rock Hudson, meanwhile, plays his own 50th movie role as if to refute the hypothesis that experience is the best teacher...