Mr. Yoder apologized, sort of, with a statement that "he was sorry that we had misunderstood his intentions, as he never meant to hurt us," according to Carolyn Holderread Heggen, one of the eight complainants.
The governor, a right-wing Christianist named Bob McDonnell, has since apologized, sort of: Trump's Lawyers Argue That He Cannot Be Impeached Because He Was Never Actually Elected What Happens When a Bad-Tempered, Distractible Doofus Runs an Empire?
Mitt Romney apologized, sort of, after The Washington Post reported that while he was in high school, he bullied a "soft-spoken" student "perpetually teased for his nonconformity and presumed homosexuality" with "bleached-blond hair that draped over one eye".
Through an Editors' Note, The Times apologized, sort of.
In the end, Mr. Batra apologized, sort of, while also calling for "a new policy for the selection".
Later, in an interview, Mr. Packwood apologized, sort of, to women who had accused him of sexual misconduct.
The governor, a right-wing Christianist named Bob McDonnell, has since apologized, sort of: The failure to include any reference to slavery was a mistake, and for that I apologize to any fellow Virginian who has been offended or disappointed.
The parade of bankers called to account for the financial crisis continued last week when Kerry K. Killinger, head of Washington Mutual, the largest bank ever to fail, apologized, sort of, as have many before him.
In 2002, at the height of the sex-abuse scandal that shook the Roman Catholic Church, Cardinal Egan apologized, sort of, for clerical actions taken in New York and in Bridgeport, Conn., his previous diocese.
He did eventually apologize, sort of.
