Word: regretful
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...well that ends well? In their first serious foreign policy test, the neophyte Bushies have met the Chinese challenge over Hainan with deftness and aplomb - tough on the basics, creative on the fine line between "regret" and "apology." The troops are home; the spy plane that was almost decapitated by a hotshot Chinese pilot will follow - after the Chinese have taken apart every radar, sensor and computer inside. But this was neither the beginning nor the end of the great U.S.-Chinese duel that will dominate 21st century diplomacy as did the Soviet-American contest in the 20th...
...kind of good morning that Laura Bush is used to. At 5:40 a.m. last Wednesday, the phone rang in the presidential bedroom. National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice was on the line. Chinese diplomats had finally accepted a U.S. letter of regret about the South China Sea air crash that had locked the two countries in 11 days of tense confrontation. The standoff was safely over, the American air crew heading home. The President, still in bed, rolled over to his wife and dryly delivered the news. "Looks like the matter is going to be resolved," he said, according...
...softer tone?the Administration settled on a plan that relied on consistency. Led by Secretary of State Colin Powell, the diplomats took charge. In an early missive to Chinese Vice Premier Qian Qichen, the secret contents of which were shown to TIME by Administration officials, Powell proffered gentle regret and deferential suggestions for ways to end the crisis. "I want to take this opportunity to let you know that President Bush is very concerned about your missing pilot," Powell wrote, at a stage when the Chinese were still hunting for Wang. "His thoughts and prayers are with the pilot...
...most of us walked away from those high-school bands, but not without regret. By 1976, the year the first Ramones album came out, I had been out of bands for five years...
...result of all this is a request on behalf of the audiences of my nation to the performers of yours: Do not let us in. In the end, I suspect it will be better for all concerned. And, while I will regret my own banishment from the playhouses, I will retain the bittersweet satisfaction of no longer needing to be ashamed of my country’s entitlement, rudeness and general ignorance in matters of etiquette and good theatrical taste. If you bar us from your theaters, perhaps you will be able to practice your art in peace. Perhaps, instead...