Word: regretful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...must not absorb your space to handle the interpretation that "the Emperor might well emerge himself as a wise and statesman-like ruler," other than to express regret that a man whom I admire for years of factual reporting has joined the ranks of others who feel we could use the Emperor as a guidepost, that we must not broadcast anything overseas which would offend the son of heaven, and that we must renounce a military governorship or invasion of Japan. This unfortunate position ranks with the belief that Korea should be left to Japan as a mandate! This reflects...
With its December issue, the "Guardian" suspends publication for the duration of the war. That decision, forced upon the editors by a shortage of manpower and of the time necessary for publishing a magazine, is an occasion both for regret and for respect. Any new excursion into the field of journalism soon becomes a first love with its leaders, and the duty of laying the periodical down to sleep can be truly painful. But the staff of the "Guardian," realizing that publication can continue only at the expense of the quality of the magazine, have chosen to put aside...
Proud of the pre-war anti-Axis record of his West Coast longshoremen's union, the labor leader expressed regret only that the union voted a proposal to anticipate the scrap metal embarge against Japan on their own initiative. If his union had tied up shipments to Tokio in the single week before the government embargo took effect, he explained remorsefully, as much essential metal as has been collected in all the nation's scrap drives would have remained on this side of the Pacific...
...Canada resulting in stories in the Canadian press that the town was going to have its name changed. There had not yet been time to consult the mayor of the town. The mayor was aggrieved and refused to permit renaming. I have letters from M. Godbout expressing his regret and his assurances that he would find another Quebec locality for the ceremony. On the very day that TIME reported the alleged knuckle-rapping, M. Godbout wired me that a new town had been selected for the renaming. The announcement of this new town will be made in due course...
...bred matron, with a feline manner and a sharp tongue but a heart of gold. She lost most of her possessions when her home was bombed a year ago. Ill, she commented: "Hitler has taken nearly everything from me but my life, but you can't live on regret...