Word: regretfulness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...their own way, are playing for their lives. Salan has already been condemned to death in absentia for his part in the Revolt of the Generals. De Gaulle has already escaped one S.A.O. assassination attempt. When it failed, he is reported to have remarked with a trace of regret, "Une belle sortie [a nice exit]." At 71, what De Gaulle dreads more than loss of life is loss of reputation, a downgrading of his place in history...
...friend's advice, waged a gentlemanly campaign without any real expectation of winning-and lost gracefully. In a post-election letter, Gallivan expressed his thanks: "Let me congratulate you on the splendid and clean manner in which you conducted your campaign. It was a source of sincere regret that I had to have you as my opponent." Two years passed, and Jim Gallivan did indeed drop dead. Nine Democrats, including John McCormack, filed for the party's nomination to succeed Gallivan. The Irish masters of Boston-including Kingmaker James Michael Curley and Martin Lomasney, boss of the Eighth...
...court, Chang angrily denied most of the accusations, but frankly explained his early petulance: at first he had considered the revolt just "one of those troublesome upheavals of young colonels demanding the resignation of corrupt generals and promotion for themselves." He expressed "regret that my doubts caused impediments to the revolution." For having harbored the same doubts. Chang's former secretary, Colonel Lee Hoi Yung, was also sentenced to death. On similar charges, 13 other defendants, including two original members of Park's junta, drew prison terms ranging from five years to life. Nine others were acquitted...
...paper "obscene, indecent, and impure." "The author's descriptive powers are truly impressive, and she rises to great literary heights describing the life cycle of the creatures," Goldberg says. "And then she descends into the filthy gutter." Mary I. Bunting is fined $2,000, and President Pusey announces "with regret" that she will not teach a freshman seminar next year. "After all, the parents," he explains...
Both sides agreed the question involved was the potential good to be done by Project Jarba weighed against the principle of no religious discrimination. Both expressed regret at the decision...