Word: regretting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...alumni, students, and friends of Harvard--including some of the University's most generous benefactors--converge on Cambridge, however, University finance officials may regret the decision to exclude all fundraising from the event...
...Monday night it was clear that the two sides were still far apart, and the leaders returned to the conference room at 9 p.m. to put the finishing touches on their communique. All but Thatcher stated their support for the stronger package of sanctions and expressed "concern and regret" that Britain had not agreed. At a midnight press conference, Thatcher called the summit result "reasonable for all concerned." Her Commonwealth colleagues were less effusive. Said Gandhi: "It's not the Commonwealth that loses; Britain loses. It is not leading anymore." Pindling likened Thatcher's stance to that of a would...
...effectiveness. At the end of the film, Varda suddenly and incongruously makes us feel sad when we watch Mona sicken, cry and freeze. One could try to explain away this sadness as a more universal quality than just sympathy for a pathetic girl. Maybe what you feel is regret at man's mortality and realization of the unavoidable limits of freedom, but this is pushing...
...added, "We regret that the murder of Leon Klinghoffer was not treated more severely...
...circumlocution, calling President Reagan's decision "a profoundly disturbing development." The three-hour closed-door session that followed was described as a "lively exchange." British Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe told participants, "We believe that SALT II provides the basis for a good agreement, and we would very much regret it if the Americans felt obliged to break it." Shultz argued, to no avail. The room was unanimously, and strenuously, against...