Word: regrets
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...only 40 miles from the delta, the British, fearing treachery in their rear, surrounded the Abdin Palace in Cairo, and a tough British ambassador presented Farouk with an ultimatum: put the pro-Allied Wafd in power or be exiled. Farouk signed the order, smiling: "You will live to regret this...
...Navy ensign's commission. I know that he has been admitted to Yale Law School and doubtless has a bright future before him. I also know of one man who since his discharge from the Army has worked through nine jobs. From each he was discharged with regret by employers when they discovered that he had less than an honorable discharge from the Army. This is the kind of penalty for which there is no parallel . . The President's security and loyalty procedures require drastic revision in the civil service. They are not applicable in the Army...
...that Chicagoland schoolteachers complained that they were having trouble teaching students to spell words right when the Trib persisted in spelling them wrong. While most newsmen applauded the efforts of the new Trib's bosses to strike out on their own, the applause was tempered by some regret. Said one Chicago newsman: "There is something sad about seeing the Trib lose the old to-hell-with-everything air of individualism that the Colonel instilled...
...guts to lash back at life. In an ending that mixes brutality with insights, Steve gets his trolley back on the tracks, but not before Simenon has made ordinary lives seem to be at the mercy of extraordinary tensions. True Simenon fans will probably regret the hopeful last page, but even in life shock treatments sometimes work...
...regret your conduct?" asked the prosecutor. Wintle was incredulous. "Not in the very least!" he snapped. With that, Lieut. Colonel Wintle (ret.) wheeled and marched off to six months in prison at Wormwood Scrubs. Said London's Daily Express admiringly: "You may say or think what you like about Alfred Wintle. But here is an Englishman...