Word: regretting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...time he appeared at Tripoli's Central Hospital and, to test the institution's efficiency, pretended that his father desperately needed a doctor. When a Taiwanese medic blithely suggested that a few aspirin would suffice, Gaddafi stripped off his robe and denounced the doctor: "You will regret that decision all your life." The doctor was fired...
...interview was aired last week, listeners had the eerie impression that they were hearing some ugly echo of the past. Degrelle, now 65, proved himself to be still a dedicated fascist. He praised Hitler as the greatest statesman of his age. "No feelings of regret at all?" asked the interviewer after he had quizzed Degrelle about his wartime experiences. Replied Degrelle: "I am only sorry that I didn't succeed, but if I had the chance I would do it all again but much more forcefully...
Last month A&P issued a statement declaring, "The dispute is between the Farm Workers and the Teamsters. We regret we cannot solve this dispute...
...most significant fact about Central European culture, observes Dr. Joachim Kaiser, is its conservatism. "This is true for two reasons. First, a great many institutions, very much to the regret of the young left, have remained unshakable. These include the theater, the opera, publishing and the world of intellectual and critical journals. In other words, our large culture market functions to semi-freeze developments by maintaining certain traditions, such as the preservation of the classics in our theaters and the repertories of our great orchestras and, above all, our operas...
Still, there is some reason to regret Dunlop's departure. His permanent successor is likely to be at least equally as committed to impeding progress, and lacking Dunlop's style, will become yet another of the gray bureaucrats who predominate around here. Dunlop at least has a sense of commitment to match his engaging personality: his expedient moves channel events toward goals he values sincerely and highly. Most of us accurately viewed him as an enemy, but he at least was an adversary we could simultaneously chuckle at and respect even as we repudiated most of what he stood...