Word: regretfully
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...tried to convince Nur to sign the agreement—he refused.The signing proceeded with Minawi as the only rebel signatory.But convinced that it was imperative that the other rebel groups sign, de Waal carried on his own negotiations for the next several months.“My real regret was that as we were, on the fifth of May, in the room we had presidents, foreign ministers, UN special envoys, the head of the AU,” de Waal says. “On the sixth of May, there was no one, only me.”Over...
...leasing stores to relocate. But I’ve made bad choices too. Toscanini’s, I’m sorry for those times the ubiquitous green logo of commercialized Seattle lattes lured me away from your independently-owned silver “T.” I regret the days I forgot my wallet and had to use my CrimsonCash on weak Barker Center brews. I wish I could take back my moments of weakness—in which I stood shaking on DeWolfe Street slurping down 24 ounces of iced Dunkin’ Donuts coffee in mere...
...thankfully, both of my parents are still alive. But I think when people really regret or miss things that they didn't say to someone, it's usually to a parent. For some reason, we just think they're going to be around, and then they're gone. So this book focuses on a son who loses his mother. I want [my mother] to see this while she's here. I realized that there aren't that many books that focus on the mother-son relationship. Maybe men don't feel comfortable writing about mothers. They feel...
...words remain words, and our Western tradition of freedom of expression should protect them all. But the reactions in the Muslim world did not end there. On Sunday night, churches in Palestine burned with Molotov bomb cocktails. The same day Benedict expressed regret for the world’s reaction to his words, a nun in Africa was shot four times in the back in an attack reportedly related to the speech. Sister Leonella Sgorbati was 65 years old, and worked at a Somali children’s hospital far away from her Italian homeland. If the reactions...
...head of the Vatican's doctrinal office. From his first day on the new job last Friday, Bertone has led what for the Vatican has been a rather rapid response to the precipitous fallout from the Pope's speech. Benedict's public declaration Sunday of his regret, and his clarification of his remarks, was an unprecedented example of papal backtracking. Behind the scenes, Bertone has also launched a diplomatic campaign, as the Holy See's representatives - or nuncios - in Muslim countries have been dispatched to meet government representatives to try to calm the waters...