Word: regretful
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...think the chances of divisions growing less are much, much smaller than of divisions growing bigger, and I regret that,” he added...
...anticipation of the brewing criticism, Summers began the meeting by once again expressing regret for his remarks last month...
...estimates, Lacroix generated about $39 million in sales from its couture, ready-to-wear and licensing businesses--with a loss of $13 million. Those in the designer's inner circle say Lacroix is bitter about the way LVMH'S chairman, Bernard Arnault, handled the sale, although Arnault shows little regret. "For 17 years we have worked to transform the company, and we have not been successful," he says. "It's time to focus on our core businesses and those brands like [Louis] Vuitton that have the most potential...
...even as President Bush claimed vindication for his Iraq strategy in the spectacle of millions of Iraqis braving terror and intimidation to go to the polls, the real author of Sunday's election -Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani - confined himself to a simply thanking voters for turning out, and expressing regret that his own Iranian birth prevented him from joining them. It may be easily forgotten in the post-election spin that Sunday's vote was not the Bush administration's idea-quite the contrary. The U.S. had never intended for Iraqis to democratically choose the body that would write their...
Summers issued three statements of apology last week. In the final, most contrite one, he said, "I deeply regret the impact of my comments ... I was wrong to have spoken in a way that has resulted in an unintended signal of discouragement to talented girls and women." Nevertheless, his original remarks set off a furor that will not quickly die down. A letter endorsed by some 120 Harvard professors said the speech reinforced "an institutional culture at Harvard that erects numerous barriers to improving the representation of women on the faculty...