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Word: regretful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Staraya Russa, 300 miles northwest of Moscow, where Colonel General Ernst Busch is penned up with a German Army, the Russians saw their best hope of destroying the enemy. General Busch had been there since last September, and he had plenty of reason to regret the dashing autumn drive of his army. For there was no doubt that Russia was crimping him tighter & tighter. He needed the spring as badly as any man on the front. And, above Moscow, the thaw was still six weeks away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF RUSSIA: Spring is Coming | 3/16/1942 | See Source »

...think. I'll regret having bought "Can't We Be Friends" if ever the charm of the performance itself begins to fade...

Author: By Harry Munroe, | Title: SWING | 3/13/1942 | See Source »

...trial is so grievous that no Frenchman can think of it without emotion, regret and sadness. Whatever may be the fault or the crime ... all France bears the weight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Remembrance of Things Past | 3/2/1942 | See Source »

...gave the warning because he respects the Japanese man as a fighting mechanism and wants the U.S. public not to underrate that mechanism. "There have been reports," he said, "that the Japanese in the Philippines are badly trained troops, ill-equipped. I regret to say that these are erroneous. The cold truth is that the Japanese are veterans and they are well-equipped. The Japanese soldier is short, wiry and tough. He is well-disciplined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Portrait of a Japanese | 1/12/1942 | See Source »

Track Coach Jaakko Mikkola expressed deep regret and indignation yesterday when asked to comment on the Big Ten's sudden action in abolishing from their conference the javelin throw, one of the oldest field events in history, an event originated by the ancient Greeks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mikkola Sorry to See Big Ten Ban Javelin | 1/8/1942 | See Source »

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