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...California. Schwarzenegger murmured, "I am bowing out." And that's what everyone was expecting to hear. In fact, top adviser George Gorton stood at the edge of the set, holding the official statement that began, "I am not running for Governor..." When Gorton offered one last word of regret over the campaign that wasn't to be, the former Mr. Universe threw a muscular arm around his shoulder and said...
...Bush voluntarism czar, that Teach for America's annual grant from AmeriCorps-about $12.5 million in scholarship money and $1.5 million for operating expenses-was safe. On July 11, however, a form letter arrived in the Teach for America offices from the Corporation for National and Community Service. "We regret to inform you," it said, "that your application was not selected for funding...
...Supreme Court may have mirrored cultural consensus in its decision, but that isn't the court's job. The court is there to interpret the Constitution, not to write it. When the court starts validating social norms instead of upholding the Constitution, we will live to regret it. BEN JOHNSON Frisco, Texas...
...weapons inspector in Iraq, he was described by colleagues as a "consummate professional," tough enough to grind down Iraqis who tried to stymie the inspections. Was he hiding something or being pressured to? Or, given what colleagues describe as his ironclad commitment to telling the truth, did he regret what he had told the BBC or the committee? Or was he simply the victim of crippling depression? Blair, asking for "respect and restraint," announced a high-level judicial inquiry into Kelly's death, as the rest of the country awaited the spy novel's next twist. --By J.F.O. McAllister
...self-pity and narcissism in Hillary Clinton's Living History are breathtaking [BOOK EXCERPT, June 16]. Apparently she learned nothing from her White House experience. Clinton seems to regret that there wasn't a depression or national disaster to help her ram the socialized health-care scheme through Congress. For the Clintons, citizens are just pawns in their game for political and personal power. It is clear that Hillary does not have the best temperament for the political arena. GREGG MCCONNELL Newbury Park, Calif...