Word: regretfulness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Roaring Twenties just right, and after the Great Crash he gradually faded into comparative obscurity. Into his last years, though he was sick and nearly blind, he retained his zest for life. At 80, asked the inevitable questions put to famous octogenarians, he said that he had only one regret: "I miss seeing the new beauties...
...Pure Soul. Nikita was not in a mood to accept any compromise. Stiffly, he dismissed Ike's statement with the cold rejoinder that it contained no "renunciation" of Francis Powers' flight over Russia, no "expression of regret," and no mention of "punishment for those who are directly responsible." To Western reminders that Russia had a notable espionage record of its own, Khrushchev, an avowed atheist, threw his hands above his head and said: "As God is my witness, my hands are clean and my soul is pure." If he had let Ike come to Russia, he went...
...lengthy statement to rejectees, Harvard said: "We believe that nonacademic factors should be of particular importance. We make no pretensions to infallibility. We deeply regret having to deny the opportunity for a Harvard education to so many qualified students, and are distressed by the disappointments our decisions cause." Adds Columbia's Dean Dudley: "We do try hard. We hope we're making good judgments...
...used it as a setting for The Heart of the Matter. As a going-away present Britain agreed to $21 million in loans and aid. Signing the agreement, Prime Minister Margai said fervently: "We hope we shall never be in a position for Her Majesty's government to regret what we have done here. We shall ever be friends of Britain...
...Brasilia Palace Hotel," ruled the chief of the inaugural committee, as 5,000 invited dignitaries fought for its 180 first-class rooms. Conrad Hilton, arriving to lay the cornerstone of his Brasilia Hilton, was offered a cot in the Palace Hotel barbershop. Said Deputy Neira Moreira: "I regret to report that Deputies are even drawing arms to assert their rights to dwellings...