Word: regrets
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Neapolitan legend has it that Austrian Emperor Franz Josef's chief regret over World War I was that it cut off his supply of Naples' famed potatoes. For more than 400 years, peasants have been growing the small, delicious variety in the rich volcanic soil of Naples province, and as harvesting began three weeks ago, it was evident that this year's crop was the best ever. But the price was wrong-a less-than-break-even 1? a pound to growers, although the Naples retail price was 7?. In the town of Marigliano last week...
...bachelor of arts degree (with honors in history); Harvard got from the serious-minded Aga Khan, spiritual head of some 20 million Ismaeli Moslems, $50,000 for scholarships to Middle Eastern students, preferably Moslems, over the next ten years. Said he: "I know now that I shall never regret the decision I took after succeeding to my grandfather's title to return and complete my studies at Harvard . . . This university is among the greatest inspirers of liberal scholarship in the modern world...
...with much regret that the free world heard the sad news concerning the death of the late and certainly great John Foster Dulles. Of all the many volumes that have been and could be written complimenting this great person, the highest praise I can think of is that the whole world, East and West alike, respected...
...protests mounted over the Christos case, hapless Magistrate Rose announced: "I do not regret my decision. It was a painful one, but it was just." A few days later the magistrate suddenly fell ill and died. "An unfortunate coincidence," said his physician. So was the discovery that the day before he sentenced the Widow Christos to jail for her night sewing, Magistrate Rose had fined a man ?10 ($28) for indecently assaulting a six-year-old girl...
Prince Edward County, in the tobacco country of south central Virginia, last week became the first community anywhere to abandon its schools entirely in order to prevent desegregation. The trick was simply turned: the county supervisors. "with profound regret," canceled school appropriations for next year...