I don't know, but my father smoked for forty regrettable years, the price of which was emphysema, one small consequence of which is that it's been a long time since he's swung a golf club.
The Red Sox brought in former pitching coach John Farrell, after two fairly regrettable years managing the Toronto Blue Jays, partly to see if he could help a struggling Jon Lester regain his ace-status.
The phrasing was a departure from the more circumscribed locutions used by the Emperor's father, Hirohito, who in remarks addressed to the United States and China referred to the war years as a "regrettable" or "unfortunate" period but stopped short of acknowledging any specific Japanese responsibility.
Almost forty years ago, in a regrettable decision, the conservative justices on the Burger Court held that individuals have no "reasonable expectation of privacy" in information we voluntarily reveal to third parties.
Petro, for example, was signed by the Nets last summer to an instantly regrettable three-year, $10 million contract.
At least in this case, a regrettable offspring attribute is not our fault – blame 30 years of Americanisation.
The fact that most pupils get 38 hours of history a year aged 11-13, and that some pupils get considerably less, is a regrettable but easily addressed timetabling decision – it is not due to failing in a beauty contest.
Diane Young, a parts worker for 22 years who went on strike tonight, said the action was a regrettable necessity.
I have been a part of the public climate debate for several years, and unlike those helping to spin this video as a regrettable aberration, in many ways I think such a production was almost inevitable.
That's a regrettable situation".
"This was a regrettable incident.
