Word: regrets
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...facilities of this district," they wrote, "cannot be legally operated with any public funds as segregated private schools. Consequently, the real issue before the voters of this district . . . will be whether we shall open our schools under the court-approved plan of limited integration or close them altogether . . We regret that the alternatives are harsh, but nevertheless, as attorneys and citizens we feel compelled to take our stand for public education...
...statement he read to the HYRC Planning Committee, Dawson explained that "personal business reasons make it necessary" for him to retire from office. He expressed "regret and disappointment" at being required to take the action, and thanked the members of the HYRC for cooperation they had given...
...more square miles of territory. With obvious envy, a British diplomat noted that the U.S. evacuation from Lebanon will be relatively easy, "since it merely involves walking down to the beach." But in Jordan there is no easy way out. Said the diplomat: "We don't regret going into Jordan. But we regret having had to do it." At week's end the U.S. embassy in Amman added to the confusion by "suggesting" that Americans in Jordan leave the country unless there were "compelling" reasons for them to remain. Grumbled a British officer: "It certainly seems ill-timed...
...days in jail, suspended, $500 fine) for refusing to tell the Un-American Activities Committee the names of Communist writers he knew in 1947. Grounds for the reversal: Miller was not told clearly by the committee that refusal to give the names constituted contempt. Said Miller: "My only regret is that I was put through so much trouble in order to end up where I started-namely, a free American citizen." Cooed his wife, Marilyn Monroe: "Simply wonderful...
N.A.M. surely deserved some blame, but the Democrats would most regret the failure. Labor might be relieved; "You can say we're not sorry it failed," commented one labor official. But the U.S. as a whole had been deeply stirred by McClellan's revelations of corruption in Big Labor, might at election time wonder why a Democratic-controlled Congress had not done something about it. The man to ask was Democrat Sam Rayburn, 45-year House veteran, who has wielded his gavel too long and ruled the House too well to botch a legislative job accidentally...