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...words must have been dropped from the second edition. For years, Webster's unabridged has listed more words than any dictionary in any language. Now, because of scientific arrivistes to the English vocabulary (like pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcaniconiosis) Webster's no longer commands the serious interest of English readers, who must forever regret the loss of the convenient one-volume compendium they once relied...
Throught the summary on Federal aid is expressed a regret that government money is not more of a direct benefit to undergraduates. Still, the report asserts without reservation, "It would be a great mistake to assume that because large amounts of Federal money are available for research, instruction is bound to be neglected. Project directors are normally Faculty members, and the results to their research contribute toward lively instruction for both graduates and undergraduates." The faulty would be foolish to accept That without a closer look...
Robert G. McCloskey, professor of Government and Chairman of the Government Department, yesterday expressed regret over the scarcity of courses in the area of International Relations, but said there was little that could be done to remedy the situation this year...
...regret to say that these well-meaning gentlemen have written about as cluttered a profile as I have read...
...State Department's refusal to believe in the plasticity of the Cuban Revolution, is Matthew's major regret. In his chapter on Fidel Castro, he complains: "Each year since 1957 there has been a different Fidel Castro to deal with, yet each year--each day, in fact--he is treated as if the ideas he holds then and the policies he is following will not or cannot change...