Word: regretful
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...country who will bend over backwards to make sure that his constitutional rights are guaranteed." But that was small consolation to the victims' families, the parents and children and spouses whom McVeigh derides as the "woe is me" crowd, to whom he has never shown the least regret, other than that there were not more of them killed, that he did not bring down the entire Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. They imagine him sitting in prison, rubbing his hands together, feeling as if it were Christmas. "This is playing right into his hand," says Paul Howell, who lost...
...were often filled with a sense of potency and triumph or at least relief that whatever or whoever was troubling them had been exorcised. But those sensations generally prove fleeting. As they settle into the monotony and isolation of prison life, these boys tend to experience feelings of profound regret, remorse and loss as they come to terms with what they have done to their victims and what they have done to themselves...
...watching a football game (other than Harvard-Yale) or tennis tournament will not lead to your academic downfall (and let’s be honest—you never end up writing that paper or doing that problem set when you plan anyway). However, what you will remember and regret is missing out on what I think is one of the best things about Harvard—the passion of your peers...
...only regret that my election compromises diversity on the [Katz] committee,” McKean added, referring to SAC’s choice of two white males...
...scientist, and I continue to regret that I did not press myself harder to study more science in secondary school and college...