Search Details

Word: regretful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...Iraq invasion and the subsequent military buildup. Instead, he framed it as a test of national resolve, and one that is of historic proportion. "We must act boldly and with confidence that history has not yet assigned us a challenge that we cannot meet successfully," he said. "Though we regret the mistakes we have made in this war, they must not cause us self-doubt. We must learn from them, as Americans have always learned from our mistakes, and fight smarter and harder. Though we mourn the losses we have already incurred in this war, we must...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: McCain Goes Back to Move Forward | 7/13/2007 | See Source »

...each chord cuts like a serrated tooth on a very long knife. It yields to the euphoric You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb, which like a lot of Daniel songs--he's the chief melody writer, guitarist and lyricist--is about a breakup. But rather than get pinned down by regret ("We lost it long ago, you and me"), Daniel's vocal diverts a few abstract lines in the chorus ("Blow out that cherry bomb for me/ It's gonna burn right up your sleeve") into something tender, while the melody drives straight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rock of Texas | 7/5/2007 | See Source »

...accept someone who's going to make me unhappy. But there are days when I have a physical need to go to sleep and wake up with someone there." Mary Mayotte, 49, has a successful bicoastal career as a public-speaking coach. But she admits the occasional pang of regret. "There was a point where I had men coming out of my ears," she says. "I don't think I was so nice to some of them. Every now and then I wonder if God is punishing me. Sometimes I look back and say, 'I wish I had made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Needs a Husband? | 7/5/2007 | See Source »

...regret demanding compensation from the 9/11 fund for your husband's death? -Juana Suarez, MEXICO CITYI was thinking of Adam. When I knew that the people who were involved in 9/11 were also involved in Danny's case, I wanted him to join a moment in history. I thought maybe it would help him to be part of a group. That is why I did it. It really wasn't about money. Any money that comes as a result of this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Mariane Pearl | 6/21/2007 | See Source »

...possibly hundreds, of Americans. For more than four years, he has been developing remote-control devices that Sunni insurgents use to detonate improvised explosive devices (IEDs), the roadside bombs that are the No. 1 killer of U.S. soldiers in Iraq. The only time he ever felt a pang of regret was in the spring of 2006, when he heard that the Pentagon, in a bid to fight the growing IED menace, had roped in a team of scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Abdallah, an electronics engineer by training, once dreamed of studying for a Ph.D. there. "I thought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Enemy's New Tools in Iraq | 6/14/2007 | See Source »

Previous | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | Next