Word: regretted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...word which musical Manhattan has dreaded all winter was finally spoken last week: This season will be Arturo Toscanini's last as conductor of the Philharmonic-Symphony, will mark the end of performances which have come nearest to perfection in present-day U. S. music. "With great regret," the Philharmonic directors made the announcement, adding: "After half a century of continuous conducting, the Maestro feels the necessity for a release from the great responsibility of presiding as musical director over a permanent orchestra...
Germany's Minister to Switzerland, Baron Ernst von Weizsacker, on vacation, hurried to Berlin for a conference, then back to Berne to make loud protests. Swiss Vice President & Foreign Minister Giuseppe Motta had already sent an official letter of regret to Berlin, and the Swiss seemed cool to impassioned demands by Reichsführer Hitler's own newsorgan for the death sentence for the assassin. Maximum Swiss sentence for political murders is 15 years in jail. The canton of Grisons, where the crime was committed, long ago abolished the death penalty...
Canadians generally will regret that TIME chose to publish the diatribe directed against the U. S. by one James C. Barton of Vancouver, B. C. [TIME, Jan. 27], especially at this time when all Canadians sincerely appreciate the warm expressions of condolence communicated with such dignity by the American people through Press, radio and in person to us upon the death of the late King. Americanadian friendship is touching a new high...
Sherbrooke, Quebec Sirs: It is with genuine regret that I read James C. Barton's letter in TIME, Jan. 27-rotten taste and damned rude. Let me assure you that some of us Britishers do not have ''so strong a sense of humor." For shame, Mister Barton! J. RICHARDS PETRIE Fredericton...
...spirited gentleman on the eve of ordeal hit upon the commendable scheme of drowning anxiety in wine; and incidentally lubricating the cerebellum. He did the job so thoroughly that when the examination had begun the effects had not yet worn off. But there was no occasion for regret; the scheme seemed to be working nobly. The subject matter was available; in fact, it was wellmarshalled and happily fluent. There was only one defect; the sordid mechanics of writing had slipped away...