Word: regrets
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...messages over the ten lines then leading to Giskes' office were uniformly dull. Giskes ended the tragic farce with a final message for the section chiefs he had fooled: "We understand that you have been endeavoring for some time to do business in Holland without our assistance. We regret this the more since we have acted for so long as your sole representatives in this country, to our mutual satisfaction . . . Should you be thinking of paying us a visit on the Continent ... we shall give your emissaries the same attention as we have hitherto...
...starved to death until something is done. Something is going to be done now." The President assured his hearers that he would act promptly on emergency recommendations of Agriculture Secretary Benson and the governors. As he climbed back into his plane, the President had a word of regret for Texas: "I'm sorry I didn't bring any rain...
...General Regret. There was sadness in the Senate as the news gradually got around. In G.O.P. quarters there was also mild irritation that Taft had handpicked Knowland, thus filling a top policy job without consulting other senior senators. After lunch, making his way through the corridors on his way to his Capitol office, Taft was stopped by colleagues, who wanted to shake his hand and wish him well. For all he had the same message: "I'll be back next session." To some he said it two or three times, as if determined to make it come true. Late...
Realizing that foreign trade is one of the world's most underestimated problems, it was encouraging to read TIME'S May 25 article. I regret that our President has not realized the critical importance of the problem ... his delayed action has commissioned another committee to study [it] . . . Our present trade position . . . the power of the business lobby, the timidity of Congress, and the inexplicable lack of self-confidence of American business, result in an inequitable subsidy paid by the consumer...
...very reluctant to lose him of course." Walter said "but its a choice you'll never regret. He has the respect of the entire faculty, administration, student body, and whole valbey...