Word: regretful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Amusement & Regret...
...Italian Press Mr. Eden is being attacked with a lack of restraint which we must regret for what is regarded as an anti-Italian policy. I wish to make it clear beyond all doubt that the policy which the Foreign Secretary is conducting in this matter is not his own personal policy but the considered policy of the whole Government. Its motive is not to defeat or humiliate Italy but to support the Covenant of the League...
...Board of National Missions of the Presbyterian Church: "Now I am beginning to feel that the Lord is ready to excuse me from further service on this coast. Prayer and earnest seeking after the mind of the Spirit causes me to express myself thus. I have nothing to regret save my limited ability to serve Him. Many souls have been brought to the Lord Jesus Christ and I have preached the word with all faithfulness. And yet I shall leave my heart within this far North for whose people I have poured out my very best...
...depicting the British simplicity and ingenuousness that is meant to contrast so strongly with the subtle Japanese craftiness, he outdoes himself and becomes mainly stupid. Charles Boyer and Merle Oberon go a long way in making the picture look better than it is, but even they give room for regret, in being manifestly cramped by their unnatural roles...
Last fortnight Señor Paredes received a reply from Judge Lazarus: "I intend to be as straightforward with you as you have been considerate with me. Basing my conclusions on years of observation. I regret to say that there is probably no group in this city, proportionate to its members, that supplies us with more criminal business than the local Filipino colony. It is no compliment to the predominant race that most crimes committed by Filipinos have as background intimate relations with white girls. Jealousy between rivals for the affections of the same girl leads to assaults, knifings...