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Word: regrets (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...remember that span of security. We who lived through the late '20s and early '30s, the liberal movements, were filled with a notion that if we strained and strained and strained we would pretty soon usher in a Utopia. These young have not that impatience. They have not that regret. It is not a matter of disillusion nor does it mean that they are indifferent to social betterment...

Author: By Thornton Wilder, | Title: Top Commencement Week | 9/20/1951 | See Source »

...When I got my warrant as corporal, I think that was the proudest day I ever spent in the military," said he. "I never was a 2nd lieutenant, much to my regret." His old Battery B mates offered an explanation for the strange jump from stripes to silver bars: Up until last June Missouri National Guard officers were elected, and Harry Truman was promoted by vote of his buddies directly to 1st lieutenant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Words for the Faithful | 9/17/1951 | See Source »

...express our deep sorrow and regret over the unfortunate accident which resulted in boxing losing one of our most promising aspirants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Death in the Ring | 9/17/1951 | See Source »

...with my staff on one side. They came in, and Lampson lined up his staff on the other side, and he started talking. I looked around, and then I signed Nahas' appointment as Premier." As the British Ambassador prepared to leave, Farouk said coldly: "Sir Miles, you will regret this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EGYPT: The Locomotive | 9/10/1951 | See Source »

...even brother Nicolás could do anything. Last week, Luisa María canceled her travel plans and said philosophically: "Never mind. It won't be long before I'll be traveling on a diplomatic passport signed by a minister of the king. My only regret is that I wasted time dancing with that fat, perspiring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Duchess Dynamite | 8/27/1951 | See Source »

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