Word: regretful
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While the death of the 12-year-old Palestinian boy caught in cross fire was terrible, it was nevertheless an accident, and Israelis across the political spectrum immediately expressed deep regret. By contrast, the beating and killing of the Israeli reservists in Ramallah was intentional. The Palestinians killed the Israelis with their bare hands and then showed them to a cheering mob. STEPHEN A. SILVER Concord, Calif...
...they do, at least, for those who get to Brain Break early. It seems that any time we manage to withstand our hunger cravings for a good half an hour or so into Brain Break time, we live to regret our forbearance. Despite the prevalence of baked goods and fruit, Brain Break provisions disappear, consumed by the famished hordes of our housemates and classmates, almost as soon as they are set out. In the wake of the mad rush for food, there is also usually an unfortunamte mess left to greet the dining hall staff the next morning...
Other students expressed regret at not being able to express their voice because of the difficulty of the complexity of the absentee ballot system. " I felt bad because I couldn't get my absentee ballot in on time", said Tiffany Chantra '04. "I really wanted to vote...
Nechtem expressed his regret for the seniors on the team...
...while to understand that she too had been saved. "I finally realized these two guys could have died," she says. "I could have died. I turned around to thank them--and they weren't there. For the next few months, I walked around with this huge sense of regret. But without realizing it, that planted the seed for the idea. If you can't pay it back, pay it forward...