Word: regretful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...defendants plus two other Cuban exiles who are still at large−put together a bomb, which Townley attached to the chassis of Letelier's light blue Chevelle and then detonated by radio. Letelier was blown to pieces, along with an American assistant, Ronni Moffitt, 25. Townley expressed regret only for Moffitt's death. Said he of Letelier: "He was a soldier, I was a soldier...
...FIRST TIME since the withdrawal of the last foreign troops from Vietnam in 1975, combat in the region raised the specter of superpower nuclear exchanges. But this time, no American families will receive form letters beginning We regret to inform you that...
...psychotherapist who wanted to psychoanalyze him: I regret that I cannot accede to your request, because I should like very much to remain in the darkness pf not having been analyzed...
Later, when A-bombs exploded over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Einstein expressed deep regret. After the war, he apologized personally ?and in tears?to visiting Japanese Physicist Hideki Yukawa. On another occasion, he said, "Had I known that the Germans would not succeed in developing an atomic bomb, I would have done nothing for the bomb...
...chance. The agents offered a chorus of refusals. "It seems too fragmented and dreamlike to be a good commercial bet," wrote Lurton Blassingame. "We regret that we do not have the time here to read unsolicited fiction," explained James Brown. Candida Donadio & Associates demurred with, "When all is said and done, we felt the manuscript lacked that all-important dramatic tension." And from the office of Knox Burger after two follow-up letters from Ross: "I'm very sorry, but we have no record of having received your MS. or postage.' Kosinski is philosophical about the fact that...