Word: regretful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Roosevelt distantly replied that he was poorer and wiser than he was in 1928 when he was elected Governor of New York. When Postmaster General Farley resigned (National Chairman Farley had already quit) to go to work for the New York Yankees and Coca-Cola, a hint of human regret tinged Mr. Roosevelt's reply: "I accept with real regret . . . sincere sorrow. . . . All of us . . . will miss you deeply. . . . I need not tell you that you have always my affectionate regards...
...River Plate House in Finsbury Circus, London, they wanted to know why, since Firth was ousted, their once profitable stock had paid no dividend. Chairman the Earl of Dudley did his best to explain. "It's imperative that a strong liquid position should be maintained. . . . Your directors regret that in spite of the substantial increase in profits it has not been possible for a dividend to be paid. ..." He spoke foggily of the dealings between the Steel Control Committee and Sir William, ended with: "In this time of national emergency it would be inadvisable to enlarge publicly upon...
Cecil Scott Forester's narrative is so excellent that it cries out loud for the one thing it lacks: a touch of the terse hypnosis that Hemingway manages with words. Aside from this lack, there is nothing to regret about To the Indies...
Over a fort in Italian Libya a British plane circled, dropped, not a bomb, but a note to the commanding officer, from Sir Arthur Longmore, Commander of the R. A. F. in the Middle East. The note expressed regret at the death of his onetime friend, Air Marshal Italo Balbo (TIME, July...
...this the Bordeaux Government be came sensationally bitter. Minister of In formation Jean Prouvost read a statement in English: "We regret that certain mem bers of the British Government criticize us unjustly. We wish our English friends to respect our sadness and examine their own conscience." Before the war, asserted M. Prouvost, Britain had promised to send over 26 divisions; but when the test came, France kept men 48 years old under arms while Britain failed to mobilize 28-year-olds. Finally the French Minister went so far as to lump the Ally with the Enemy: "We ask [England...