Word: regrets
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Those kinds of complaints, fair or not, gave powerful impetus to Proposition 13. Whether Californians will regret their protest remains to be seen. Curiously, a Los Angeles Times poll after the balloting showed that 70% of those who supported 13 thought they would get by without any reduction in services. Many were interested simply in sending the government a message. The poll also showed that 22% felt the government provided too many unnecessary services. When asked which services they would be most willing to see cut, 69% said welfare...
...receiving the playing time I deserved, has frequently come up. Primarily, I continued because of my confidence in my own ability and a strong desire to participate in a very enjoyable sport. To leave the team would not rectify the situation and would have been a source of regret for years to come. The continual support I received from family, friends and teammates helped me endure the cold days on the practice fields and sidelines, but the ultimate support came from friends and family in Nigeria who were joyous to learn that I just attempted to play "American football...
...very enjoyable experience," Fogel said. "I regret that it's over...
Beyond ignorance, fear and greed, such actions are emblematic of the moral degradation visited upon the Soviet people by the regime, Solzhenitsyn believes. It is scarcely surprising, then, that he experienced a stab of regret when he was re leased from the camp in 1953: "Only on the threshold of the guardhouse do you begin to feel that what you are leaving be hind you is both your prison and your homeland. This was your spiritual birthplace, and a secret part of your soul will remain here forever - while your feet trudge on into the dumb and unwelcoming expanse...
...stop out regret the decision, and most feel that the experience helps clarify their career aims. "The year away was very much worth it," says Johns Hopkins Junior Sue Matesic, 22, who worked with a Bible study group. "Now I am sure of what I want to do." She returned to school persuaded that she could best put her religious beliefs into practice in a career in politics. Princeton Junior Steven Hayishi, 20, took a job as a hospital orderly for ten months; he came back convinced that medicine was his vocation...