Word: regrets
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...regret that it is necessary for me to submit my resignation as Secretary of State . . . I shall never forget your kindness, and I submit this resignation "with affectionate regard and great respect...
July. In London, Lord Mancroft entered a Conservative Party meeting, expressed regret that he could not speak as scheduled because "My house is on fire." In Nashville, Julius Frankie Robinson explained to police why he had stolen his son from his ex-wife's sister: "To give him a bath...
Then the opposition played its ace. Mrs. Yamashita stepped primly forward, announced to the house: "The Finance Minister has tried to make insulting advances to me . . . I regret that as a woman representative I must say such things from this rostrum . . ." Mrs. Yamashita's opposition colleagues roared, "Shame on the government," voted to discipline Izumiyama. By 2 a.m., Izumiyama was sober enough to shamble before a caucus of his party comrades and apologize. At dawn he resigned from the cabinet...
...waited. But last week, as the news of Britain's princeling reverberated around the world, he could wait no longer. "The will of Allah," he announced through his ministers, "directed the hearts of King Farouk and Queen Farida to a desire for divorce in spite of all the regret they feel...
...last night boat gave up. Last week, the Manhattan press broke into a wail of nostalgia as the passing of the Day Line was announced. New York's cave dwellers felt a twinge of regret too-until they tried to remember when they had last ridden on a Day Line boat. It had been quite a while...