Word: regretful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sleeved students gave Butler an angry escort as he drove first to the Ministry of State, then to Marti's statue, where he planted a wreath of yellow dahlias (cost: $50, paid by the Navy) and read an apology in English: "[I wish to express my very profound regret at the unfortunate conduct of several sailors of the U.S. Navy." "Out!" snarled the students as the ambassador's car rolled away. Presently the wreath was torn to bits...
...ruled benevolently and were generally respected by the natives, the victory of Japanese troops in 1942 had a profound effect on the nationalist movement. Full of promises, the conquerors set up a puppet government of nationalist leaders. Collaborators soon found the promises worthless, but in 1945 they did not regret their move. The Japanese surrender caught British and Dutch troops unprepared. To keep order in the Islands, the Allies were forced to recognize existing Republican sovereignty in Java and Sumatra...
...Council also accepted with regret the resignation of Lawrence F. O'Donnell...
...asked: "Did anyone force you to make your confession?" Mindszenty answered: "No." The judge then mentioned the letter which Mindszenty had written before his arrest, repudiating any confession he might make. Said the cardinal: "I want to state that I see things differently now. I want to repeat-I regret my error. I want the letter to be considered null and void...
Next morning a letter from Southwark sent clerks from Conservative headquarters scurrying to check. In no time their faces were wreathed in happy smiles. Soon afterward faces at Transport House, where Labor holds forth, turned a dull brick red. "I deeply regret the mistake," stammered Party Secretary Morgan Phillips as he withdrew the boomeranging pamphlet amid general guffaws. "The photograph was selected from a collection of 13 supplied by a picture library in response to a request for suitable postwar babies...