Word: regretful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Succession Act to nominate my successor. I have no wish that any one should create any disturbance in the country on my behalf; if any one should use my name in this connection it must be understood that it would be without my agreement, approval or support My deepest regret is that I no longer will be able to serve my people and my country. . . . I can but pray that Siam may have prosperity and that the Siamese people may have happiness...
...soldiers from the vicinity of Ualual immediately after the clash occurred. These orders were implicitly obeyed. Allegations that my troops recently attacked or occupied Afdub [Jan. 20] are without foundation. "The action of the Italian Government in mobilizing troops in Italy as a precautionary measure causes me extreme regret, as it undermines confidence and fails to allay suspicions among my people...
Well, that is that, and we suppose that there is nothing to be done about it, but we regret this Blue Grass attitude which seems to smack of a top lofty and undemocratic spirit...
...bitterly opposed to voting a $4,000,000,000 slush-fund to this Administration to be spent in the future as so much of this money has been spent in the past. ... I deeply and sincerely regret that this body has degenerated into a supine, subservient, soporific, superfluous, supercilious, pusillanimous body of nit-wits...
...farewell to the outgoing board. To them go our congratulations on a highly successful year, our respect for their opinions, well considered and well expressed, and our best wishes for their future as individuals. With a feeling of some astonishment and of some regret, akin to that of the graduating schoolboy who suddenly finds himself in a position to disobey his masters, we discover that we are shutting the door on their policies...