Word: regretfulness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...force. It is a hard and frustrating job, and there is no easy answer-no instant solution-to any of the problems they face. Our wish is to see them increasingly able to manage their own affairs with the participation of an even broader share of the population. We regret any diversion from that task and from efforts to defeat the Communists' attempt to take over South Viet...
...first, it seemed that Senator J. William Fulbright was apologizing. In a talk to the National Press Club in Washington last week (his first appearance in his 23 years in Washington), he expressed "regret" for an earlier speech in which he had called Saigon "literally and figuratively an American brothel"-a charge he repeated before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. But then he went on to argue that the press had misinterpreted...
Still, as far as the press was concerned, a half-apology from Fulbright was a whole lot more than was expected. "By his public expression of regret over recent unfortunate remarks," editorialized the Washington Post, "Senator Fulbright has redeemed part of the damage to himself and to the country. The words of the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee are inevitably regarded over much of the world as important statements of policy. The surest safeguard against misunderstanding is for the chairman to be doubly careful that he does not say what he does not mean...
After Pike's return to San Francisco, Hutchins, a longtime friend, suggested that he join the Center. Pike then submitted his resignation to the standing committee of the diocese, which accepted it "with deep regret," and to Presiding Bishop John Hines. If the House of Bishops agrees, Pike will keep his standing on three committees of the church. The Center will pick up Pike's salary of about $17,000 a year...
...ankle) that have kept him from performing pastoral duties. Cody visited Sheil with the suggestion that he let a younger man take over financial administration of the parish. Sheil at first consented, but then told a newsman: "I didn't retire. This is a removal." Cody expressed his regret that the matter had been made public-and coolly named a new pastor of the parish...