Word: regretful
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...takes drugs long enough will become an addict. But "long enough" can vary dramatically from one person to the next. In Downey's case, it can't have helped that when he was six, he was given a joint by his filmmaker father (Downey Sr. has since expressed regret for that action). But without an understanding of individual biological differences, which scientists have yet to unravel, nobody can say whether those experiences turned Downey into an addict right from the start or whether repeated drug use over many years finally etched the circuits of self-destruction into his brain...
...need for further talks to define the limits of E.U. authority over member states - a concern that Berlin shares, in different ways, with Britain and France. The most telling response, perhaps, came from the European Union commissioner, Italy's Romano Prodi. "I cannot hide from you a certain regret that we did not manage to go further," Prodi told reporters at the summit's conclusion. And that's hardly surprising, coming from a man whose job it is to actually run the behemoth...
...early and tragic death of a hero, a leader or a cultural icon always produces reactions of greater intensity than the sad passing on of a revered figure at a grand old age. The loss is not the pang of regret. It's the burning pain of what might have been...
...first priority was always composition in music," Salvage says. "I couldn't balance practicing piano every day, composition and classes. But I don't regret that...
...Dialogue" programs. Discussions like the ones that occurred last week should occur not once, but several times annually, and the range of topics brought to the table should be broadened to include such important issues as advising (both academic and psychological), health services, faculty diversity and space constraints. We regret that this success came so late in the term of Fentrice D. Driskell '01, for, in many ways, it demonstrated the largely untapped potential of her administration. We do, however, hope that this year's "Days of Dialogue" are the beginning of a long council tradition...