Word: regretful
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...felt guilty about the draft deferment he would get for it, when other young men his age were heading for Vietnam. In the end, it was Ann - a convert to Mormonism from having been a once-a-year churchgoing Episcopalian - who persuaded him to go, saying he would always regret it if he didn't. He didn't convert many Frenchmen but found the experience was something that "concentrates the mind," he says. "My faith has been a part of my foundation throughout my life. My faith has made me a better person than I would have been...
...goals of the Picture Balata tour was to afford American audiences the rare opportunity to hear the unfiltered thoughts of three bright children from Balata refugee camp and see the photographic concepts that they themselves developed. We regret that Shai Bronshtein found these children’s reality too difficult to bear and instead of coming to terms with it, used his column space in the Harvard Crimson to deny these kids’ experiences and perpetuate myths...
...terminate the experiment early due to the increasing levels of extreme sexual and mental humiliation the prisoners were experiencing.To this day, Zimbardo admits that he is still distraught about the events that occurred and feels guilty because he did not end the experiment even earlier. Zimbardo’s regret is evident from the opening of his preface. “I wish I could say that writing this book was a labor of love; it was not that for a single moment of the two years it took to complete,” he writes...
...Jewish folklore and the Frankenstein monster--creatures as pathetic as they were horrific. He wanted to give a nuanced reading of a mutant steeped in self-knowledge. "I remember the performances of Lon Chaney Jr.," he says, "where there was the physical aggression with that kind of sadness and regret that he [was] physically aggressive and could terrify people...
...fourth, which scored senior shortstop Lauren Brown. Her final home run of the game came the next inning, capping a three-run frame. With two outs and Winkeller on third, Brown reached on an error by the BC shortstop, allowing Winkeller to score. Murphy then made the hosts regret their miscue even more with a huge shot to center field. Brown would add a home run of her own, a solo shot in the sixth, her fourth of the year. All these runs would be necessary, as the Eagles brought their bats to the game. After allowing a total...