Word: regretfulness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...trigger for the rebellion was reaction to the assassination of President Kennedy. In Hoffa's absence, Gibbons closed down the Teamsters' $5,000,000 Washington headquarters, issued a statement of regret. When Hoffa found out about it, he flew into a tantrum. "I'm no hypocrite," he yelled. "Who told you to do this?" Hoffa later went on to gloat that his archenemy, Attorney General Robert Kennedy, would be "just a lawyer...
...Kirby officially resumed his role as chairman and chief executive. Back in as president went Kirby's longtime ally, Charles T. Ireland Jr., 42. "I suppose all of them believed they could just sit down and get me to back down," says Kirby of his opponents. His only regret is that the victory took so long: "I wouldn't have minded the time so much had I been younger...
Even so many complaints do not add up to saying that Miss Primus' performance was poor; complaints only reflect regret that it was not so near perfection as it might have been. Moreover, the great strength and depth of this performer leave us unsatisfied in another way; we want to see more of her, and we would like to see a company trained by her in the dances that really require a group of many performers...
...statement asserted that "the HCUA recognizes the responsible behavior of the Harvard undergraduate community, and expresses regret that a distorted image of social behavior has been presented to the public by the news media...
Woodward A. Wickham '64, Lampoon president, expressed "the profoundest regret" on learning that the bird was not to come home this Saturday. He added, "It is beyond belief that a bird-finding agency could be so incompetent as to let a priceless specimen out of its hands." Wickham also made it clear that the Lampoon had cancelled all plans for a mammoth celebration in Freedom Square tomorrow...