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Word: regretful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Single Zillionaire” is a romance novel, I suppose, but I regret that it was not written as a satire. It has great moments of humor that were more convincing than the supposed love between Steven and Jessie, and better written than the odd obligatory bedroom scene...

Author: By Yan Zhao, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Capitalist Tackles Romance | 2/9/2006 | See Source »

...shrapnel. "If I hadn't had body armor, I'd be dead," he says. Braddock got a Purple Heart, and he and his buddies--Specialist Josiah Jurich, Sergeant Charles Jordan and Staff Sergeant Marvin Albert II--were all awarded Bronze Stars. He was alive, with just one small regret. "They burned my helmet and Kevlar vest." O.K., two regrets. "I wanted a cool scar, like this," says Braddock, slashing his hand across his eye. He wears the tiniest of smiles as he dives into another pork...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Wounded Soldier Strives to Return | 2/5/2006 | See Source »

...reasons for the escalation is that Muslim and Western officials have deadlocked over how to resolve the original grievance. Muslim leaders insisted that the Danish paper had no right to publish images of the Prophet and demanded an apology; Danish officials, while expressing regret at the hurt feelings, have refused to apologize for what they see as the fundamental right of newspapers to freely publish their views. Other European newspapers fueled the fire by republishing the drawings, some of which were offensive caricatures, in defense of free expression...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Cartoon Clash Is Escalating | 2/5/2006 | See Source »

...fact that the news that tanked the market last week was grossly misjudged. Most earnings reports have been very good; it's just that Wall Street types, as usual, were hoping for even better, and their disappointment whipped up a tornado of selling that they may soon regret. Consider last week's big earnings so-called "misses." Apple Computer's net income rose 92%; Yahoo reported an 83% profit gain; Motorola's profit was up 86%. Not too shabby. Yet the stocks were trashed. Arguably, these companies should have done a better job of managing Wall Street's expectations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why The Stock Market Is Ready For Lift-Off | 1/23/2006 | See Source »

...public officials, in part by laundering his clients' funds through legitimate-sounding think tanks and public-policy groups, some of which Abramoff and Scanlon themselves set up. The stocky figure in the black fedora who left the federal courthouse after telling Judge Ellen Huvelle of his "tremendous sadness and regret for my conduct" was barely recognizable as the flamboyant power broker who used to send lawmakers and their staffs on junkets around the world and entertain them back in Washington with golf outings, free meals at his expensive restaurant, and concerts and games enjoyed from the luxury skyboxes he maintained...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man Who Bought Washington | 1/8/2006 | See Source »

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