| 单词 | ruefully |
| 例句 | He walked slowly and asked himself ruefully what new misfortune could possibly befall him a moment before the mad hermit in the woods leaped out at him without warning from behind a mulberry bush. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He paused and said ruefully, “This time last year I would have run to Sam Hamilton to talk.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He thought ruefully, I wonder what happened to my Oriental repose? East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Until my baba finally gives up on me,” he said ruefully. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z I wished to do or say something further, but he simply blinked and looked ruefully about the room. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Because Justice is self-conscious about her teeth—“the East Kentucky overbite,” she says ruefully-—she made sure early on that Anna got braces. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z If only I had matches, he thought, looking ruefully at the beach and lakeside. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Dany nibbled at an onion and reflected ruefully on the faithlessness of men. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Oh, yes,” the black leaders would respond, smiling ruefully and shaking their heads in commiseration, “we appreciate your delicate position. However, we have our positions to consider, too...” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Which, he found ruefully, was much easier said than done. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time Jam hurt herself around the house, Bitter shook her head ruefully and just said that Aloe’s clumsiness had to have ended up somewhere. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z She looked at him, and she smiled, gently and ruefully. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Amari glanced up at the large woman and shook her head ruefully. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nor,” as Saint Augustine ruefully complained, “did he, any more than Thales, attribute the cause of all this ceaseless activity to a divine mind.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A well-built man with a broad suntanned face, he pushed his straw hat back, scratched his head, and laughed ruefully. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z My command, Jon Snow reflected ruefully, as much a ruin as it is a stronghold. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z At the door she looked back ruefully at her brother. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z “I shall make a sorry page, my lady,” said Robin ruefully. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z She thought ruefully of Nana, of the sacrifices that she too had made. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Then she added ruefully, “Never worked for me, though!” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z His hand trembling, Curly lowered the pistol and stared ruefully at what he’d done. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, women’s freedom—here, he shook his head ruefully—is also one of the reasons people out there took up arms in the first place. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “It looks like a sick snake,” he added ruefully. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z And he wiggled out of the crevice, grimacing ruefully at the tight knots in what seemed like every one of his muscles. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Reflecting on her career, Gail tells me ruefully that she swore, years ago, never to work for a corporation again. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In this place to come, Caesar occasionally came for supper and they laughed ruefully about Randall and the travails of their escape, their eventual freedom. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Shadrack stood at the foot of the hospital steps watching the heads of trees tossing ruefully but harmlessly, since their trunks were rooted too deeply in the earth to threaten him. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Working her way through the doughnut, confectioners’ sugar snowing onto her chest, she said ruefully, “I miss my cigarette.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z She clicked her tongue ruefully and, noticing the dandruff on her shirt, began flicking away the largest flakes with her thumb. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Amari listened to the thunder that their feet made and thought ruefully, The feet of my people bring forth rhythm even when the noise of the white men can produce none. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let is hardly the word, my friend,” the bard answered ruefully. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Her daughter’s talents, Celia realized ruefully, lay in her unsurpassed drama for the everyday. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Gaur then left the room, and Mr. Sidelsky just shook his head ruefully. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He got up, ruefully looked at his white breeches, shrugged, and walked over to where Johnny was diligently pinning up sheets. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I dropped my hand, remembering ruefully how in the last days before I’d broken my promise to him he had finally become at ease with my touch. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Mom and Dad didn’t say anything, just exchanged a quick look, something private that passed between them and then Mom smiled ruefully at us. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he shrugged his shoulders, and smiled rather ruefully. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He shook a single coin from it and tossed it at the feet of the big man, who sat ruefully holding his jaw. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Along River Street a harsh silence prevailed as white men clustered in doorways and nodded their heads ruefully, then looked toward the street. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He remembered ruefully the time Mack sold him fifteen tom cats and by night the owners came and got every one. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Pray that this secret does not come to light,” counseled the worldly voice, and ruefully I agreed. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Grudgingly I sold him one, ruefully concluding that, as always, work was interfering at a crucial moment. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She smiled ruefully at Brigid as the girl returned to her own looms. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “I am entirely selfish,” he said ruefully, “and always hoping that someone will tell me to behave, someone will make herself responsible for me and make me be grown-up.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z He squinted at her ruefully and wrinkled his nose. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Adam said ruefully, “So we’re going to buy more land so we can do more work.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Still I am beating my wings against the walls of my cage,” I said ruefully, “for Elsinore sometimes seems a prison to me.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Once, when I am with Pauline as my team leader, she calls Ted to report a lockout and his response, she reports ruefully, is, “Don’t do this to me.” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Charlie approached, running his hand slightly ruefully over his new, brutally short haircut. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Look at us,” she said, a little ruefully. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Mr. Burnside laughs ruefully, as if taking pleasure in Stu’s misfortune. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Listening to this made me ruefully aware of my ignorance. Sue Arnold on science audiobooks 2010-04-02T23:06:00Z She said ruefully that this was not the France she knew while growing up. Dipping Into a French Melting Pot 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z Though ruefully recalling the "disastrous" reception his first Cannes film, The Tenant, experienced in 1976 – "we were humiliated, basically" – Polanski did at least clear up one small mystery. Cannes 2013: Roman Polanski says fight for female equality is 'a great pity' 2013-05-25T15:13:48Z We sure messed that up, Eli ruefully observes as the uneasy antiheroes of “The Sisters Brothers” are swallowed up by darkness. Review: Blood Is Never Simple in ‘The Sisters Brothers’ 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z That event, Mr. Nézet-Séguin said ruefully, now seems so long ago. The Met Opera’s At-Home Gala: Informal Yet Profoundly Moving 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z She soothed her nerves with larger quantities of alcohol, fretted about losing her looks, ruefully accepted that she would never have children of her own. She Reported From the World’s Combat Zones, at the Cost of Her Life 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z On the opera stage and in recital, she gave the premieres of dozens of works by 20th-century composers — “more first, and last, performances than any singer in history,” as she was fond of saying, ruefully. Phyllis Curtin, American Soprano Who Championed New Music, Dies at 94 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z "There was a miscommunication with the costume department," nods Cave, a little ruefully. 'It's OK to embarrass yourself' ? Nick Cave and the return of Grinderman 2010-09-02T22:00:00Z "If Penélope Cruz were one of my nurses," he wrote ruefully, "I wouldn't even notice." 'Mortality' and 'Winter Journal' face aging and death head-on 2012-09-14T23:09:03Z Still, as he ruefully acknowledged, Bernstein will probably always be best known for a particular part of his musicianship: as a conductor, certainly the most influential American maestro of the 20th century. In Praise of Bernstein as Conductor: Movement That Mesmerized 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z We should be laughing at the Soviet disaster ruefully – with sympathy. Red star rising 2010-08-06T23:04:00Z “We are far from Vietnam,” he ruefully concludes. The Film‘Far From Vietnam’ Returns After Decades 2013-08-27T21:47:06Z It wasn’t until 1978, she said ruefully, that the government stopped removing Indian children from their families and sending them to boarding schools for the sake of assimilation. Louise Erdrich on Her New Novel, ‘LaRose,’ and the Psychic Territory of Native Americans 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z “I’m a huge coffee freak — terrible,” the pianist says a little ruefully. Afro-Peruvian rhythms featured at Howard Theatre "You really wouldn't want to be here when I am still making them," he says, smiling ruefully. Gary Hume: 'I couldn't hold down a job. That's why I became an artist' 2013-05-18T21:00:01Z Mr. Sfar noted ruefully that his creature was left out of the French trailer. Serge Gainsbourg Biographical Film by Joann Sfar 2011-08-27T03:33:02Z He laughs ruefully and admits he was a fan of The Partridge Family, the 70s sitcom that made a star of David Cassidy. Selena Gomez, tween queen 2011-07-21T21:13:00Z He made self-deprecating jokes about trying to fill Mr. Stewart’s shoes, but he doesn’t seem to have the same ruefully self-aware complicity with viewers. The TV Watch: John Oliver Steps in as ‘Daily Show’ Replacement 2013-06-12T20:45:03Z “It’s been almost 20 years since that happened,” he says ruefully. The fall and rise of Clyde Beswick and his CB1 Gallery's new downtown digs 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z “I’m the short, funny guy,” he said ruefully in a 1972 Times interview. Robert Morse, Impish Tony-Winning Comedy Star, Is Dead at 90 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Murphy ruefully refers to his colleagues and himself as the Bermuda Triangle, because “if you get to close to us, you disappear.” 'Narcos' Episode 3 Recap: Pablo the Politician 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z “No,” Mrs. Clinton said ruefully, across the table. Hillary Clinton and America Ferrera on Pain and Progress (and Hiking) 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z Fragments of dialogue are transposed, a funny story Gabriel tells at the party being cleverly turned into a ruefully futile attempt to stir his wife out of her melancholy silence during their cab journey home. Good book, great film 2011-04-01T10:08:52Z "I saw the place in daytime and thought it was so cheap," he explained ruefully. Ai Weiwei to release heavy metal album 2013-03-11T10:22:02Z “Outsize talent” coincides with “outsize weakness,” he explains ruefully. Movie Review: ‘Knife Fight,’ With Rob Lowe and Carrie-Anne Moss 2013-01-25T02:18:00Z “I used to tell everybody: When I die, I don’t care if I go to heaven or hell,” Holiday says ruefully as the show opens, “long’s it ain’t in Philly.” Theater Review: Audra McDonald in ‘Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill’ 2014-04-14T02:00:01Z She is ruefully aware of suffering — and of history. In ‘An Iliad,’ the epic glory and terror of war 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z He ruefully replies, “I was brought up to be polite to strangers.” Television Review: Like Old Times, Almost, In an English Household 2011-04-07T22:20:14Z “I feel like this is the last shot,” Greg had said ruefully a few times. ‘I feel like this is the last shot’: A Kentucky family greets the Trump era 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z "Initiatives appeared everywhere in Poland," he smiles, ruefully. Shakespeare: Stratford. London. Gda?sk? 2011-04-04T20:46:01Z In a ruefully funny piece of reporting, he writes about a Boston disco that was sued in 1976 for barring most blacks from entering. Review: In ‘Jackson, 1964,’ Calvin Trillin Reports on Race 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z As a young man, Cage says ruefully, he scorned the idea of stability. Nicolas Cage: 'People think I'm not in on the joke' 2013-07-20T08:00:00Z So, she signed on, ruefully acknowledging the limits of originality. Anne Tyler loathes Shakespeare. So she decided to rewrite one of his plays. 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z "I was dumb enough to think I'd be joining some elite police officers here," she says ruefully; plunging ahead with an investigation, she realizes how fleeting a chance she has at justice. The Whistleblower: Rachel Weisz Against the Sex Trade 2011-08-04T16:15:00Z That would be different now, he sighs ruefully at one point, seemingly referencing the new Illinois law recognizing civil unions, a law that came too late for him but that changed Chicago nonetheless. 'Twist': Surprising new play about Chicago Rahm Emanuel must see 2011-02-25T17:52:50Z “Every human left on Earth has become a women’s studies major,” Hazel notes ruefully. The world has a really bad hair day in ‘The Blondes’ 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z “Comedy is dependent on a shared culture, and didn’t someone say that England and America are two countries divided by language?” he said ruefully. He Knows His Way Around a Half-Butt (That’s Snooker Talk) 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z “I got this box and an oil lamp,” he said ruefully. G’night Forever, Little Edie! Grey Gardens Is Empty at Last. 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z He was just happy to be a part of it, he said, adding ruefully, “I guess I’m the only part of it.” The Carpetbagger: Robert Redford Had His Doubts About ‘All Is Lost’ 2013-12-13T18:56:50Z "I hadn't really been aware of the contribution we'd made to the fabric of musicianship until we went on our hiatus in the 80s," Bailey says, before ruefully correcting himself. Pop's undersung heroes: artists with big influence but small reputation 2010-07-15T21:00:00Z "If I did I'd no longer be able to act", she explained ruefully. High-definition TV is the nemesis of every actor of a certain age 2013-02-18T11:05:22Z He encouraged her to write poetry when she was still a child, and she steeped herself in the poets in his library — all men, as she later ruefully observed. Adrienne Rich, 1929-2012: Adrienne Rich, Feminist Poet and Author, Dies at 82 2012-03-28T23:54:57Z At one point, Mr. Erskine ruefully recalls how Pastorius had become a cartoon wild man, indulging people’s outsize expectations for his behavior. ‘Jaco,’ a Documentary About the Jazz Musician Jaco Pastorius 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z "I have a very forgettable face," she explains ruefully. A modern movie star is born 2011-01-22T00:04:10Z Public spaces are becoming canvases designed to shock, impress or contradict their surroundings, whether by ruefully reflecting them back at themselves or boldly reimagining how they may look in the future. Constructive criticism: the week in architecture 2011-07-08T17:28:57Z A lady next to me on the banquette laughed ruefully as she watched it. Doll’s Play 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z In the drawing, the dog looks on ruefully, an unprintable curse above its head. Writers Recount Stories of Grief and Joy in Illustrated Panels 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z It brought him unexpected acclaim and long-lasting residuals for what he later ruefully acknowledged to be his “most well-known song.” Dave Frishberg, Writer of Songs Sardonic and Nostalgic, Dies at 88 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z “Recognition came first,” he acknowledged ruefully; “attendance only later.” Harvey Lichtenstein, Who Led Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Rebirth, Dies at 87 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z But “Season’s End” was marketed as a baseball book rather than a literary one, Mr. Grimes writes ruefully, and got lost in a pile of other baseball books. Books of The Times: In ?Mentor,? Tom Grimes Shows a Writer?s Rise and Fall 2010-08-03T19:30:00Z Goren replies, ruefully, “The jury is still out on that one.” TV Watch: Final ?Criminal Intent? Goes Back Inside a Tormented Mind 2011-06-27T15:05:08Z He ruefully imagines the people who harvested the beans for his coffee, and the factory workers “who made the smartphone on which I listened to leftist political podcasts as I walked, drinking the flat white.” ‘Notes From an Apocalypse’ Is a Timely Tour of Preparing for the Worst 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z Directed with loving care by Lynne Meadow, this is an old-fashioned play that ruefully knows that its time has passed and, moreover, why it’s passed. Theater Review: ‘The Assembled Parties,’ at the Samuel J. Friedman Theater 2013-04-18T02:00:35Z For the opening of Moss Los Angeles in 2007, perhaps not the best year for an expansion, as Mr. Getchell said ruefully, Mr. Moss had Mr. Baas burn a Steinway. The ‘Kanye West of Furniture’ Is Now Nesting in the ’Burbs 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z People all smiled ruefully at the man but not the child. Ask Amy: Office worker is tempted to tattle 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z Asked if he rides the bike much, Ritchie reaches out and squeezes its soft front tire ruefully. As Center Theatre Group turns 50, an artistic director plots the second act (Hint: Think Hollywood) 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z The next day I found myself laughing, heartily but ruefully, at expressions of the same sensibility at the National Theater’s lovely revival of “Season’s Greetings,” a seldom-seen play by Alan Ayckbourn. All Over London, Love Hurts 2011-02-23T10:27:47Z “At the end of the day,” she added a bit ruefully, “it’s all a performance.” Rosario Dawson’s Newsroom Tour Is a Reality Check 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z “It’s one thing to be offered to step into a great man’s shoes. It is quite another to stare at the blank screen and figure out what to do,” he says ruefully. The Writing Dead 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z As Nasatir ruefully recalls in “A Classy Broad,” she became marginalized in Hollywood for being “too classy.” Perspective | Producer Marcia Nasatir knew her own worth. Too bad Hollywood didn’t. 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z He laughs ruefully, then corrects himself, perhaps for the benefit of the million people who went out and bought MGMT's debut album Oracular Spectacular, stupid songs and all. MGMT: 'We got a glimpse of fame and shrunk back' 2010-04-08T21:00:00Z He is ruefully funny about the lengths to which strip club bouncers would go, in New Orleans, to keep a black man out while maintaining a veneer of politeness. Chuck Berry’s Memoir Grabs You Like a Song 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z "It's just – these people – the timing – it doesn't make sense," he laughs ruefully to himself. Jesse Eisenberg: 'Acting forces me to be social' 2013-07-04T15:58:10Z “It’s also gotten a lot cheaper over the past few months,” he added ruefully, referring to the decline in the British pound after Britain’s voters decided to leave the European Union. An upside to climate change: The sparkling wines of southern England 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z He ruefully declares, “Obama has been more conservative than regard for public opinion requires him to be.” Books of The Times: One Nation, Still Divisible by Race 2011-08-11T22:00:15Z The movies are full of ruefully thoughtful contemplation and exact determinations of character traits that are ready to be extrapolated from minutely calibrated dialogue and action. The Best Movies of 2014 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z We see him in 1973, when he's hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt, ruefully complaining that he must be a real artist, "because I'm a terrible businessman." Ewan McGregor dazzles in "Halston," which neglects to understand the legend behind the fashions 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z Because it was “a blackout night,” as Zinner ruefully put it, neither remembers the terms of their détente exactly. The Electrifying, Emotional Return of Yeah Yeah Yeahs 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z He begins with the Home Office, regarded as a "political graveyard", as the likes of David Blunkett and Jacqui Smith, who both resigned under clouds, would ruefully attest. The Great Offices of State | Lizzie and Sarah | Wonders of the Solar System | Jersey Shore and more | Watch this at the weekend 2010-03-20T06:45:00Z That said, I like a challenge and as my own family will ruefully attest, I’m not short on opinions. I’m unsure about the fiancee my parents found me | Mariella Frostrup 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z For the first time he’s singing ruefully, with real bite. New Music: Grace Woodroofe, Tim McGraw, Richard Galliano - Review 2012-01-23T23:00:11Z "Yeah, it looks like the work of somebody younger than me," he says, a little ruefully. Khaled Hosseini: 'If I could go back now, I'd take The Kite Runner apart' 2013-06-01T08:29:01Z “We’ve actually thought about creating a handbook: This is what to look for in a decent, abandoned building to stay in,” says Westbrook ruefully. The Forsaken: A Rising Number of Homeless Gay Teens Are Being Cast Out by Religious Families 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z "There's much more activity in England than in Greece," he says ruefully. Why is Greece's finest young director making London his home? 2012-11-11T18:00:01Z “They had to return fire,” he said ruefully. Joe Bonham Project Illustrates the Wounds of War 2012-05-25T13:36:39Z Holding one arm flexed, she waits as if deciding; then she brings her raised hand softly over her face as if ruefully; and then pow! Dance Review: Soledad Barrio and Noche Flamenca ? Joyce Theater ? Review 2011-09-29T00:11:26Z Nigeria is “a hostile environment for the life of the mind,” Mr. Cole ruefully observes. Books of The Times: ‘Every Day Is for the Thief’ by Teju Cole 2014-03-25T20:21:54Z Now, some experts are asking whether the celebrities are enlightened advocates or NIMBYs - crying "Not in my backyard!" - even as their privileged lives remain entwined, however ruefully, with fossil fuels. Celebrity 'fractivists': True advocates or NIMBYs? 2013-03-05T18:07:09Z Over images of fireworks exploding in the night sky, she ruefully says that “this was the last moment I can remember when life still felt normal.” ‘In the Same Breath’ Review: Wuhan 2019, or When Normalcy Ended 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z "Our wrap party was the same," he says, rubbing his head ruefully. Rupert Sanders is living the fairy tale 2012-06-01T23:02:00Z Ms. Fowler smiles ruefully at the memory, during her first interview since she became instantly famous. Uber’s Whistle-Blower Is Developing a Movie and Having a Baby 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z “Don’t you get tired?” he asks her, ruefully. ‘Game of Thrones’ Has Moved Past Its Blueprint, and That’s a Good Thing 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Obama winced ruefully as the audience laughed at his wording and Mr. Stewart said, “You don’t want to use that phrase, dude.” ArtsBeat: The TV Watch: Access and the Plight of the Political Comedian 2010-10-28T10:54:00Z His handicap has been as low as 2.3 — “not back there yet,” he said, a little ruefully. The Samuel L. Jackson Method 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Yet the male Viserys becomes king and Rhaenys, "the queen who never was," later ruefully concedes that this represented "the order of things." HBO’s "House of the Dragon" was inspired by a real medieval dynastic struggle over a female ruler 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z The result is unflinchingly honest – a ruefully frank, loving testament and a brilliant book. Andre Gerard's top 10 father memoirs 2013-06-12T15:11:54Z Ah well," said Adams ruefully, "it's a big country. America's composer 2010-06-19T23:01:00Z The despair of Hamlet, charged to avenge his father's murder, seems humorously, ruefully, translated into the "cursed spite" of the fact that spring-days, for all their luminous power, can't change anything. Poem of the week: Otterspool Prom by Peter Robinson 2013-02-18T11:19:21Z And yet this, the director ruefully explains, is just the reality of much of modern-day Romania. 'Beyond the Hills has no obvious villains': Cristian Mungiu 2013-03-07T17:35:43Z If Kansas laws permitted a passel of hormonal teenagers to clog the ballot — well, then, some onlookers ruefully shrugged, maybe those were the candidates we deserved. Six teenagers are running for governor in Kansas, and suddenly this doesn’t seem so preposterous 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z "I still have the receipt somewhere," he says, smiling ruefully and shaking his head. Peter Doig: the art of the foreign 2013-07-27T21:00:01Z Then, ruefully, he mused that in the future, theater might just consist of actors on a stage, staring at a sea of screens. Mike Birbiglia Sounds Off on Cellphones in His Theater 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z "Alive!," she declares at the end, ruefully embracing "this body of death," imperfect though it is. COT's dazzling 'robot opera' poses provocative new questions 2011-04-03T18:39:00Z “Something went wrong and the equipment didn’t record,” Irmin Schmidt, one of the group’s founders, recalled ruefully in a phone interview last month. Can’s Live Shows Will Be Heard at Last, Thanks to a Bootlegger in Big Pants 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z He ruefully noted that people change jobs more frequently than he changes projects. Where Will Science Take Us? To the Stars 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z The marvelous Iceland chapters — earthy and ruefully funny, warm yet coolly aware of absurdity — suggest that he’s already on his way. In Will Chancellor’s ‘A Brave Man Seven Storeys Tall,’ the hunt for purpose is on After intermission, Mr. Dudamel’s interpretation of Mahler’s First Symphony recalled aspects of “Must the Devil”: the off-kilter quality and troubled lyricism of the first movement, the ruefully swirling third. Two Coasts, Two Concertos: Adès and Adams Offer Piano Premieres 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Doctors said she only needed time to reconcile the loss, and although Nucky knew better, he says ruefully, "I was so very, very busy." "Boardwalk Empire" finale recap 2010-12-06T13:30:00Z In doing so, Mr. Evans said ruefully, he violated several principles of “Designing Your Life,” among them staying open to “latent wonderfulness.” Want to Find Fulfillment at Last? Think Like a Designer 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z Reporters pass the time scrolling Twitter and ruefully admiring photos of the sunset, which is not visible from this drab corridor. One year of ‘President Manchin’: For the Democratic agenda, all roads go through West Virginia 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z “We are, for the most part, a bastion of the liberal elite,” he added ruefully. Publishers are reeling from Trump's win, but the news is not all bad 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z She talks ruefully of the show’s famous violence: “I guess I mean its violent ethics.” Chimerica's Cherry Jones: 'Everything progressive in America has been trampled on' 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z All other music – even garage on pirate radio – faded into insignificance in that special iteration of OCD that music fans will ruefully recognise. We're all going on a ... 2011-07-30T23:04:12Z The man wishes to convey his pain but says ruefully, “memories are told but not transmitted.” Reviews: New Books From Steven Millhauser, Per Petterson and More 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z “My father called it his ‘golden plan,’ after the fact,” he said ruefully. The Lure of H Mart, Where the Shelves Can Seem as Wide as Asia 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z “Waste” is a word that he uses ruefully and frequently, as befits a man who lives in irrational fear of the poor house. Review: ‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’ Is a Tempest in a Bourbon Bottle 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z He now speaks a bit ruefully of those heady days. The Composer Frederic Rzewski: In His Notes, Protest and Politics 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z Sometimes I put something in the oven, then get so involved in my writing, I forget about it,” she said, ruefully offering up a tray of overcharred eggplant as evidence. The Changing Face of J. Mae Barizo’s Kitchen 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z “It’s very weird to have them send you pictures and you go, ‘Yeah, I could shoot there’ or ‘We could do that,’ ” he says ruefully. It’s been a bleak year, so our gift to you is George Clooney’s thoughts on movies, murder hornets and mince pie 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z “I’m bored and willful and perverse,” she says ruefully, “at least according to Wikipedia.” Must she die? In Victory Theatre's funny 'Resolving Hedda,' an Ibsen character tries to defy fate 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z He offers the admission rather ruefully, but it was another one he made when the book was published that I found more surprising, so I quote it to him. Louis Theroux: 'I'm not that comfortable doing polemic' 2011-01-30T20:30:00Z Stein notes ruefully that she is playing catch up. ‘Unbound’ Shows Transgender Men Ripping Up Old Scripts 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z He wasn’t the only one joking about Mr. Trump, however ruefully. Review: Emmy Awards Showcase TV’s Cultural Dominance and Trump Jokes 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z Hers is not a huge role, but, Mayr noted ruefully, there aren’t that many big roles for women in the Bible. ‘It’s My Tradition Too’: A Town’s Centuries-Old Passion Play Evolves 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z She begins the chorus of “Run Myself Into the Ground” by singing, “I ain’t gonna change for nobody at all” — an avowal that Mr. Adams would surely recognize, a bit ruefully, from his current vantage. The Week Ahead: Dec. 4 ? Dec. 10 2011-12-02T19:02:33Z And he ruefully admits he has been a less than stellar father to his own children. Books of The Times: ?Hitch-22: A Memoir? by Christopher Hitchens 2010-06-01T22:25:00Z “Oh, there have been one or two,” the actor says ruefully. Gael García Bernal: 'The pandemic has taught me that I need something to say' 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z "Ambition got ahead of reality," he says ruefully. Peter Gabriel on 30 years of Womad – and mixing music with politics 2012-07-26T19:00:01Z “The truth is,” she says ruefully, “men make terrible pigs.” Review | The original nasty woman is a goddess for our times 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z I gave a talk to photography students at Newport College of Art in 1985," he says, ruefully, "and one of the tutors described as 'poisonous'. Paul Graham: 'The photography I most respect pulls something out of the ether' 2011-04-11T06:00:06Z Then he laughed and said, almost ruefully, “Now people are going to use this one on their lashes.” The Long Claims Behind Longer Eyelashes 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z Sitting in the attic studio of Charleston in Sussex, once the bolthole of the Bloomsbury group, the 62-year-old photographer smiles ruefully as she reflects on this. Annie Leibovitz: 'Creativity is like a big baby that needs to be nourished' 2012-06-02T23:05:39Z Hodges acknowledges ruefully that classical music is “at the dusty peak of Western high art, one in which contemporary American culture is increasingly less interested.” A Violinist Rethinks Her Devotion to Music, With Emotion and Erudition 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z In his elegant introduction, Haksar notes ruefully: "The title has more than 183 listings in the online catalogue of the US Library of Congress… more than half point to perspectives other than academic." The Kama Sutra's lessons for modern lovers 2011-02-14T11:31:31Z There is Mitt Romney the self-aware presidential hopeful, ruefully acknowledging that he may be a “flawed candidate” because of his unshakable reputation as the “flipping Mormon.” Film Gives a Peek at the Romney Who Never Quite Won Over Voters 2014-01-18T16:32:19Z "I have other pig parts on me, though," Letterman joked ruefully, in an apparent reference to a scandal a year ago involving revelations about his affairs with co-workers. Walters, Letterman compare notes on heart surgery 2010-09-07T16:44:00Z The booksellers, Mason recalls ruefully, "looked at me with loathing". Simon Mason: Seriously funny 2011-07-29T14:30:42Z At the Emmys, Charlie Sheen took a moment to ruefully make amends for his rants about “Two and a Half Men,” which carries on with Ashton Kutcher and without him. The TV Watch: Veiled Apologies and Few Surprises 2011-09-19T04:28:08Z Gardner mourns the fact that few know he exists and ruefully watches the copy of “Wings of Desire” a German scientist left behind. Review: ‘The Space Between Us,’ the Story of a Boy Who Fell to Earth 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z She ruefully recalls how much she “liked the boys.” | 'I?m Glad My Mother Is Alive': ?I?m Glad My Mother Is Alive? - Review 2011-09-01T21:57:49Z “The best I can do,” he says ruefully, unable to go to Hanoi, “is make cinema,” though he’s doubtful of its utility. The Film‘Far From Vietnam’ Returns After Decades 2013-08-27T21:47:06Z He shakes his head ruefully and says that was absolutely not true and that many stories about his relationships are “completely wrong,” but that he doesn’t like to fight back in public. Able Was I Ere I Saw Elba! Actor Opines on Sex, Race, Bond 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z Brooks, who is married, white and a writer by profession, ruefully recalls something her lawyer told her during their initial conversation: “You’re not the kind of mom they’ll throw the book at.” The Criminalization of Parenthood 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z Genially and sometimes ruefully, he recounts his insecurities and difficulties with acting. Review: Bard comically humanized off-Broadway 2013-01-14T22:26:07Z "Before the fatal contract was signed I thought we were all in this thing together," he says ruefully. John Fogerty: 'I had rules. I wasn't embarrassed that I was ambitious' 2013-05-29T11:58:15Z You spoke of Jon ruefully, as if he would never learn the ways of the world, and compared him to his father, who also died for his beliefs. 'Winter is here,' Kit Harington warned us, before 'Game of Thrones' finale 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z “There’s no empire,” he replied, laughing a bit ruefully. James Murdoch, Rebellious Scion 2020-10-10T04:00:00Z Where “Magic Mike” reflected ruefully on the eternally-out-of-reach illusion of intimacy that movies provide, “Magic Mike XXL” channels the evangelical frenzy of revival meetings. “Magic Mike XXL” Grabs Our Convoluted Fantasies of Pleasure 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z He knows that other people have come out of the woodwork claiming to be Stormtrooper Ouch, and ruefully admits this isn’t a debate that forensic science can settle. Behind the scenes on “Star Wars”: The strange but mostly true stories of “Elstree 1976″ 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z With typical Irish bravado, this pair of obviously lonely bachelors has a ruefully humorous chat about preserving their freedom and independence. Review: Haunting, effective revival of 'The Weir' 2013-05-24T17:12:08Z Such a state, both misty and ruefully clear, shimmers like a bright fog in the small, venerable Minetta Lane Theater, where “Patti Smith: Words and Music” opened on Saturday night for three performances. Review: An Autumnal Patti Smith Remembers Summer in ‘Words and Music’ 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z "I was the lowest of the low," he recalls ruefully of his time as a young house porter at Brown's Hotel, a five-star establishment in London's Mayfair district. Ralph Fiennes on nostalgia, heart in Wes Anderson's 'Grand Budapest Hotel' 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z “I left her the way I found her,” he writes ruefully in the introduction to “Respect,” explaining his decision to retell Ms. Franklin’s story as an independent party. David Ritz Opens Up About Aretha Franklin and Others 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z “No, they nod knowingly, sometimes ruefully, and ask me if I’m going to keep reading. Mormonism is just as complex as a compelling story, and we are all as intricately entwined in it.” Naked Mormon women go viral, talk back 2014-02-02T15:30:00Z "After Australia, I wanted to do something smaller and more manageable," he says ruefully. Baz Luhrmann on The Great Gatsby: 'Fitzgerald was a clown, just like I am' 2013-05-16T18:30:01Z As he surveys the 187-acre farm he has tended for more than 35 years, he also suggests a latter-day Prospero ruefully aware that his powers are waning. Review: Tending the Tempest Within in ‘Peter and the Farm’ 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Instead, as most linguists only too ruefully admit, upon confessing their profession at cocktail parties they tend to be told: “Oops, better watch my grammar around you.” Hidden in plain sight 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z He ruefully opines that this culture of sensitivity to hurt feelings will produce fewer virtuoso talents. 'Whiplash' strikes a chord for South Koreans at the box office White Arkitekter, from Sweden, ruefully notes that “’The Laboratory of the Future’ comes at a time when any imagined future looks bleak.” Radical Rethinking at Biennale: Africa and the Future Share Pride of Place 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z “We created things of value,” he said ruefully, “but they will probably disappear.” What Comes Next for Cuban Modern Dance? 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z “My path was mapped out for me,” he recalls ruefully. Perspective | The unbreakable gaze of Steve McQueen: ‘I’m asking you, please, look’ 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z “The worst thing was to indulge you,” the woman ruefully tells her disheveled son, who, at 25, is still incapable of making his way in the world. A Neil LaBute Play Anchors Summer Shorts Festival 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z Someone once asked Iris Murdoch why she wrote so many novels and she replied ruefully that she believed each new one would exonerate her for the ones that had gone before. John Banville on the birth of his dark twin, Benjamin Black 2011-07-22T21:55:11Z He is funniest as a stand-up when he takes a step away from his bawdy comic riffs to poke holes ruefully in his own discourse. | 'Louie': Louis C.K.?s New Comedy on FX 2010-06-28T22:37:00Z “When the Russian government turns on you, it doesn’t do so mildly — it does so with extreme prejudice,” Mr. Browder notes ruefully. Bill Browder’s ‘Red Notice,’ About His Russian Misadventures 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z “They said it would be like Cambridge,” Charlie says as he stares ruefully into a landscape of cactus, dust and tumbleweed. ‘Manh(a)ttan,’ Atomic Bomb Drama, on WGN 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z He ruefully observed toward the end of his career that by the time he finally understood all the facets of this endlessly complex man, he was too old to play the role. Music: George London Foundation Contest Set for Morgan Library 2012-02-12T15:44:19Z These are the inhabitants of his resonant, often ruefully funny plays. In 'Pocatello,' Americans struggle to smile through the heartbreak 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Vetting, Mr Bailey observes ruefully, was not what it is today. Fighting forces 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z In "Holding Court", James writes ruefully that "retreating from the world, all I can do, is build a new world". Clive James – a life in writing 2013-07-05T07:45:01Z He himself liked to complain, ruefully, that "there are no Kermodians". Frank Kermode: a tribute by John Sutherland 2010-08-20T23:22:00Z The life of a poet — a "literary sharecropper," as he ruefully dubbed himself — was numbingly prosaic. 'Selected Letters of Langston Hughes' a glimpse of enigmatic poet 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z The focus is on the small moments, though the director, who first achieved renown by creating melancholy, ruefully funny productions in Germany in the early 1990s, does not stint on grand coups. Music Review: A ‘Ring’ Fit for a Time of Austerity 2012-07-17T12:00:00Z As a consequence of this, and of decisions that he later ruefully called authoritarian, the province grew increasingly divided. 'The Great Reformer': Austen Ivereigh on Pope Francis 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z “I feel as if we’re almost waiting a few years down the line for teenage pregnancies to go up,” she says ruefully. Dangerous liaisons: why syphilis and gonorrhoea have returned to haunt Britain 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z Mr. Prine later wrote a ruefully bitter song titled “Paradise,” in which he sang: John Prine, Who Chronicled the Human Condition in Song, Dies at 73 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z "It was a very special time," he says ruefully. Thomas Vinterberg – back in The Hunt 2012-11-22T20:00:01Z “I told people on Twitter that I’m going to call my piece ‘Finger Lake,’ ” Haber said ruefully on Sunday from his home in New Orleans after surgery to reattach his finger. Pianist/composer fulfills dogsledding dream, but severs finger along the way 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z “I ask myself: Where is everybody going?” she says, and smiles ruefully. Review: Weaving Memoir With Shakespeare to Find Her Father 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z “She’s been passing for white and not even knowing it,” Warren ruefully observes of his newfound daughter. Book Review: A gently funny exploration of biracial identity 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z “This was kind of a joke,” he added ruefully. The Life of Tobias Wong, Designer 2010-06-25T22:17:00Z The juxtaposition of images – the dancing of tribal lore with the orchestra, occasionally glancing up to smile ruefully at their own intercut amplified images – powerfully suggests the traditions Gurrumul's work bridges. Gurrumul at Vivid Live 2013 – review 2013-05-29T00:41:49Z "I decided," Morrison said ruefully, "that the tactic, while being innovative, was definitely a once only." Marion Cotillard to star in next Dardenne brothers film 2013-02-26T17:34:48Z Then Tom asked Gavin if he was surprised to find himself in this position again and Gavin ruefully admitted that he wasn’t, which almost made me like him. Dancing with the Stars Watch: Hit the Road, Jack 2012-04-04T12:15:03Z But then Donna and her husband start to celebrate, giving the doctor a thumbs up as he looked on, perplexed by their reaction to news he’d expected to be ruefully received. In ‘Deaf Utopia,’ Nyle DiMarco Dreams of Integrating the Deaf and Hearing Worlds 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z Then he subsided, spent, and looked around at us, muttering ruefully that he had just spilled his insights to an audience of twelve. Remembering Andrew Sarris: A Great American Film Critic 2012-06-21T12:39:03Z “I’m not allowed to talk about my finances,” she says, smiling ruefully, “because I am very privileged.” Chloë Sevigny: ‘I hope my family aren’t going to read this’ 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z Corruption occurs in every state, but, as Mr. Ingle notes ruefully, “somehow in the last 10 years New Jersey has zoomed past everyone.” | 'The Soprano State': Garden State Scandals 2010-10-24T21:48:00Z In another bit about a ruefully funny confrontation, he and his sister walk down the street, she in Muslim garb, he “dressed as Dave Chappelle.” Dave Chappelle and Louis C.K. Confront a Changing World 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z "It was a bit of a hasty decision," she says ruefully. Michelle Paver: a life in writing 2012-08-24T21:55:05Z “In a city of billionaires?” he said ruefully. Howard Theatre insiders detail a chaotic operation, with bounced checks and unpaid vendors 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z Noting that the program would be ballad-heavy, he said: “I guess you could set your alarm clocks now” and laughed ruefully, looking as if he wanted to take back the remark. Music Review: Joshua Redman at Town Hall 2013-06-06T21:53:18Z The series, performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic in the Walt Disney Concert Hall, hints ruefully at the masterpieces Mozart might have produced if he had lived beyond the age of 35. Around the World With Music 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z “Which does the job and audiences like it and De Niro was right and it’s a great piece of luck,” Kander said ruefully. John Kander’s Major Chord, Undiminished 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z “I am too contemporary for the classicists and too classical for the contemporaries,” he said ruefully. Jean-Christophe Maillot Brings ‘Lac’ to City Center 2014-03-13T22:17:53Z “The bubble we lived in really didn’t allow a lot inside it,” Ms. Neilson said somewhat ruefully. Friends Reflect on the Designer Alexander McQueen?s Death 2010-04-03T04:11:00Z He imagines an exchange with the drunken skinhead who has aerosolled graffiti on the tombstone, and ruefully reflects on society's schisms. Tony Harrison's poem V is a timeless portrayal of working-class aspiration 2013-02-18T08:00:31Z Or as Mrs Kennedy ruefully puts it near the end of the film: “People like to believe in fairytales.” Jackie: behind the creation of JFK, America's once and future king 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z “Not many people are knocking on my door to do period,” she says ruefully. Chloë Sevigny: ‘I now have total disdain for directors’ 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z In this iteration pushy blondes come on to him, and he ruefully fails to resist. Television Review: The Power Brokers: Fathers, Sons, Dynasties 2011-03-31T20:00:05Z “And I never felt ready,” Ms. Stemme said, a bit ruefully, of passing up that chance at the part, and at studying it with one of its classic exponents. Nina Stemme Takes On Her Biggest Met Opera Assignment Yet 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z “But I don’t get to smoke as much as I did,” he adds ruefully. Marijuana millionaires cashing in on cannabis legalisation 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z “The mornings after I stop, I get a hangover,” she said ruefully. Mothers and Sleep Medication 2011-11-04T21:17:55Z “Shattered” promises chapter and verse on that, and it ruefully delivers. Books to Breeze Through This Summer 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z Somewhat ruefully he admits that he chose his major by looking at the starting salaries of NCS graduates — the major with the highest average salary was chemical engineering, and that was that. Dixie Outfitters is still fighting the Civil War 2013-09-11T22:59:00Z "You had to be a celebrity of some kind," he suggests, ruefully. Michael Munn: the celebrity biographer reveals all 2010-07-24T23:05:00Z But he still quotes the speech a little ruefully: “Do you know what it is for a woman like me to grow up in a town where the smartest man is just a stupid beast?” Blanchett, del Toro on the femme fatale of ‘Nightmare Alley’ 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z We could nod ruefully when Red, asked if he was innocent of the murder for which he'd been jailed, described himself as the "only guilty man in Shawshank". Do you have the courage of Conviction to fight miscarriages of justice? 2011-01-17T15:49:38Z Another important figure is the Statue of Liberty, constructed by an “ocean of laborers,” one of whom ruefully observes a suffragist spitting in their creation’s face because women don’t yet have the right to vote. In ‘Thrust,’ Talking Animals and Others Take Aim at Humanity’s Cruelty 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z That conversation has been taking place within his marriage too, he says ruefully: "She thinks I have already done my duty." Ukraine: The soldiers who can’t leave the front line until the war is over 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z The rabbi’s wife ruefully recalled what she termed this year’s “express Seder” — the lengthy liturgical meal that this time was held in rapid-fire haste so people could hurry home before curfew. 'In darkness we find light': As missiles fall, Jews in Ukraine mark Rosh Hashana 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z The motor of their prototype burned out, she noted ruefully. Family in central Mexico struggles to preserve the natural way of producing intense red dye 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z “I’m surprised,” she admitted ruefully, “we lasted 10 years.” Column: After 10 years, is this the beginning of the end for Black Lives Matter? 2023-07-16T04:00:00Z But Svitolina, who did well to maintain her focus in the difficult circumstances, took her opponent's serve again for the match after winning a line-call challenge which left Williams smiling ruefully. Injured Williams shows defiance to push Svitolina 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z As a result, Pelch ruefully observed that merely strengthening chemical regulations will not be enough to help humanity. "Regrettable substitutions": Why it's hard to ban "forever" chemicals, according to experts 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z “It’s us,” he said ruefully the other day. To Foreign Policy Veteran, the Real Danger Is at Home 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z He said he spent hours chained in isolation under a tree — “You ever had a lightning storm with chains on your feet? That’ll get you,” he said ruefully — and spent time in a tiny hut. ‘It was hell’: Hostage freed after years in Africa recounts ordeal and frustrations with US response 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z At one point as he was expending all of his influence to pass the Affordable Care Act, he ruefully explained his priorities to Mr. Chu. New Oral History Peers Back at Obama, His Era and the Tradeoffs He Made 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z A personal reckoning loomed, Mr. Tibwa noted ruefully: Now his parents would learn that he had been studying in Sudan, and not Algeria, all along. ‘Only Word for Them Is Heroes’: How 2 Students Rescued Dozens in Sudan 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z And then he gazed ruefully out the window. The rent is high. The apartment is a dump. When can I move in? 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z “It inspired me, to create this ecstatic feeling people feel when reading the book. The next book didn’t really have it; I wasn’t inspired,” she adds, laughing ruefully. She launched the 'Twilight' films. But Hollywood franchises kept going to men 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z Rather, this is the kind of deal the rival Atlanta Braves have specialized in — a development Nats fans have noted, ruefully. Perspective | Keibert Ruiz’s contract is a smart risk for the player — and the Nats 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z “The people of Washington are about as franchised as I can get them,” Johnson ruefully told his domestic policy adviser, Joseph A. Califano Jr. Opinion | D.C.’s criminal code is a setback — and a test — of home rule 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z He was sacked shortly afterwards, later ruefully describing the Downing Street press secretary as the "sewer but not the sewage." Obituary: Sir Bernard Ingham 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z That ruefully humorous moment establishes the tone of this mostly gentle but occasionally turbulent comic drama, which is primarily about the ways people fail their families, friends and themselves. Review | ‘Let It Be Morning’: A slice of Palestinian life, inside Israel 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z “It plays constantly,” she said, shaking her head ruefully. A ‘Friends’ newbie checks out the hit TV show’s immersive experience in Seattle 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z During his interview, he noted ruefully that sales for his book had soared after the stabbing, as if he were more popular when in danger. Salman Rushdie gives first interview since 2022 stabbing 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z How many more times will Americans, and their leaders in government and law enforcement, vow “never again” about such an incident, only to find ourselves ruefully saying, “Once again.” Opinion | On violent policing, we say ‘never again’ but we get ‘once again’ 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z “We went man-to-man, couldn’t stop them. Went zone, couldn’t stop them,’’ Hopkins said ruefully, adding that once they fell behind, he sensed his players trying for “an eight-point play” to get them back in it. Another loss to Arizona, another loss to ranked team, show UW men, Hopkins running out of time 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z Mr McCarthy sat placidly in his chair, managing to laugh ruefully amid the dysfunction around him. US House in disorder amid popcorn and palace intrigue 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z As one Ukrainian serviceman puts it ruefully when Harding asks if Ukraine will win: “After fifty thousand people have died there is no victory. War is absolute madness.” Review | A new book on the war in Ukraine tries to tell a story in progress 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z “I would have spent all my money to go,” he said ruefully. Morocco mourns loss to France after World Cup run that energized region 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z But, despite pressing for the victory themselves, they were left relieved 10 minutes from time as City keeper Ellie Roebuck smiled ruefully and cradled the ball after she kept out a Thomas header. Four-way title race as Man Utd show no sign of fading 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z That was a game in Russia that Serbian fans still remember ruefully for a penalty call not given for an apparent foul by two defenders on forward Aleksandar Mitrović. Switzerland, Serbia meet for spot in last 16 at World Cup 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z He’ll leave — whenever that happens, but ruefully to Husky fans, it may be sooner than later — as a bona fide legend. After brilliant Apple Cup outing, Michael Penix Jr. has secured his status among Husky legends 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z To the extent that media coverage equates Biden's age with an automatic presumption of unfitness, Aronson ruefully noted that it does indeed seem to be rooted in prejudices against elderly people. Biden is now America's first octogenarian president. Here's what that means 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z “It helps,” he says ruefully when Tom catches him. Review: 'Devotion' stirringly tells the story of the Navy's first Black aviator 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z One of the ministers recently sacked by Liz Truss ruefully suggested the new PM was ruthless enough to sack her chancellor to protect her own position. What Tory MPs are saying about Kwasi Kwarteng's future 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z A headline in Britain’s right-wing Daily Mail tabloid declared ruefully: “Liz Truss puts finishing touches to diverse new government: No place for white men in great offices of state.” Liz Truss’s cabinet is the U.K.’s first without a White man in top office 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z “I was hurt, but nothing I could do about it. I’ll probably never see the car whole again,” Mr. Bilal ruefully told Fox 5. D.C. thieves use tow truck to steal man’s car from outside his own home 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z “My family was really excited for me — except for my grandfather,” Smith recalled ruefully. From South Los Angeles to the State Department, fighting for social justice 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z “I was living under the illusion in some unconscious way that she was going to be here forever, even though I knew intellectually she wouldn’t, which was when she passed,” he ruefully recalls. Andrew Garfield finds parallels between life today and 'Under the Banner of Heaven' 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z No criminal charges were ever filed; in 2000, the federal prosecutor explained ruefully that he had “hit a blue wall.” He Fought Boston’s Blue Wall of Silence. Now He’s the Commissioner. 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z “A typical f—up, I guess,” she described herself ruefully. Pregnant, homeless and living in a Hollywood tent: Mckenzie’s motherhood journey 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z “I’m not 20 years old anymore and this body can take less than it used to,” she said ruefully. Famed Ukrainian medic describes ‘hell’ of Russian captivity 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z “America, the beautiful, it makes a body proud,” Chapin sings ruefully. In a divided America, finding patriotic inspiration in ’70s soft rock 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z The index gives a “feels like” figure, and in summer we may ruefully revel in how far it often exceeds the actual temperature. Under a blazing sun, Saturday proved warm — but dry 2022-06-04T04:00:00Z “It is impossible to keep silent,” Novashov said, while noting ruefully that people around town had mostly reacted to his case with indifference. Thousands swept up as Kremlin clamps down on war criticism 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z Laforestrie’s critics ruefully noted that he retired with a generous pension from the Haitian government. How a French Bank Captured Haiti 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Machado ruefully admits that in their games so far this season, the hitting coach has won three times and Machado only once, with one tie. The Third Baseman’s Gambit 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z "My father was very kind and caring, he was a great support to me," he said ruefully. Afghanistan pupils in fear after spate of Islamic State attacks 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z And Dry Creek Vineyard was the first to describe its zinfandel as “old vines,” Stare Wallace says, adding ruefully, “I wish I’d trademarked it.” California’s ‘class of 1972’ wineries continue to raise the bar 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Benzema turned away, grinning ruefully, as though he could not quite believe the holes from which he has to retrieve his teammates. A Convincing Win That Was Anything but Convincing 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Two friends told me rather ruefully that they hadn't really focused on the war and felt disconnected from it. Katty Kay: Why inflation in US is bad for Ukraine 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z We nod ruefully when doctors tell us our insomnia/migraines/racing heart might improve if we stop doomscrolling at least an hour before bedtime. Column: Elon Musk is not social media's biggest problem 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z “Unfortunately,” he said ruefully, “this is my third war.” Exiled by Russian Bombs, a Ukrainian Soccer Team Embraces Its Journey 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z He loitered for a few seconds, reveling in the sensation of what it must be like to be involved in a soccer match, and then, slowly made his way back, ruefully retaking his lonely post. A Plan That Worked Perfectly, Until the Moment It Didn’t 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z He added ruefully: “You just have to get a little lucky.” An ex-cop fell for Alice. Then he fell for her $66 million crypto scam. 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z Davis ruefully remembers playing against Williams and the Jayhawks in the 1991 national semifinals, when he went 9 of 16 from the field and scored 25 points in a losing effort. Tar Heels, Jayhawks enter NCAA title tilt with common roots 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z "Not a life for a retiree," she said, smiling ruefully. Eking out an existence and mourning the dead in besieged Mariupol 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z At the height of the furious protest, Stephen A. Douglas admitted ruefully that he could travel from Washington to Chicago by the light of his burning effigies. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z "I don't know how to react and process this. But I hope we can be better versions of ourselves after this is over," she adds, somewhat ruefully. On the road to Mariupol, a southern Ukrainian town fears for the worst 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z “We start shooting the week before,” Karia says, understandably ruefully, “so I won’t be able to do the whole soak-it-all-up type thing,” but he’s hoping to make the main event at least. Riz Ahmed on 'The Long Goodbye' and how sharing pain can help the healing 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z He smiled ruefully and said, “This bag is my friend.” The One Item They Had to Take When These 6 Afghans Fled 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z But he ruefully concedes that he had it better than many others. Egypt prisoners tortured to give up names, says ex-detainee 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z He has pored through countless details about the man's life — and admitted, ruefully, that there is not much to analyze right now in terms of his writing. Why serial killers are drawn to politics 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z He laughed ruefully, before a hacking cough took over. What the Omicron Wave Looks Like at One Brooklyn E.R. 2022-01-15T05:00:00Z "I'm responsible for your silliness because I did the same thing that you're doing now for 10 years," he said ruefully. Republicans ignore Michael Cohen's warning at a cost: Blind loyalty to Trump is dangerous business 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z But she ruefully acknowledges having the same skepticism eight years ago when she was living in the eastern city of Slavyansk, which was captured for a time by pro-Russia insurgents. Ukraine mood: wary of Russia’s ‘imperial ambition,’ but hoping war won't happen 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z He gazed up at the cement, ruefully, as wind blew through a stork’s nest in the church’s bell tower. A Spanish Mystery: Is a ‘Masked Restorer’ to Blame for a Church’s Botched Repair? 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z She ruefully advised against even getting together with other households for Christmas. COVID-19 fears dash hopes for the holiday season — again 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z He also said, ruefully, that he believed his side was losing. Two Journalists Started an Argument in Boston in 1979. It’s Not Over Yet. 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z “If you wear a federal badge, you can inflict excessive force on someone with little fear of liability,” one of the court’s judges wrote ruefully. Opinion | It’s hard to hold police accountable. For federal agents, it’s all but impossible. 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z He ruefully reminded his audience how the allied victors of World War II, who would help create the United Nations, had met in the Crimean peninsula. Top Adviser to Ukrainian President Is Targeted in an Assassination Attempt 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z “It’s more than I paid for my house,” she said ruefully. Until 2023? Parts shortage will keep auto prices sky-high 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z Oftentimes, some coaches said ruefully, ordinary collegiate laziness is to blame. This Season’s Vital College Football Statistic: Vaccination Rates 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Fans of “Don’t Breathe” will likely find it hard not to notice, ruefully, the many places where the sequel deviates from what the original did well. Review: It can't touch the original, but 'Don't Breathe 2’ has a few surprises of its own 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z “We can’t make someone have a better family life or more friends,” he said, somewhat ruefully. College students aren’t proud to be Americans: Study 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z Aid worker Tekeste Gebrekidan picked up a soiled flyer of the farmers’ union that once exported the region’s prized honey and noted ruefully that its leaders are missing, presumed dead or displaced. In Tigray, food is often a weapon of war as famine looms 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z "We hadn't ever lost three goals in a game other than a Netherlands friendly, and that was a scratch team. To lose three against Morocco, we were condemned," recalls Brown ruefully. Brown on Scotland's France 98 journey 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z Williams smiled ruefully and leaned over, resting and propping herself up with her racket. Serena Williams loses at French Open; Federer withdraws 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z The space cost $4,000 a month, and she recalls management allowing up to five residents to sign on, “probably because that’s how many people it usually takes to afford it,” she said ruefully. OnlyFans Isn’t Just Porn ;) 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z Braun ruefully admits that Biden's agenda is a smart political move and he's right. How Donald Trump is helping Joe Biden build back better 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z “We’ve redefined what it means to be conservative,” he continued ruefully. Liz Cheney vs. MAGA 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z “I didn’t imagine I’d never work there again. I expected to start cleaning up the next morning,” he said ruefully. Ten years after disaster, Fukushima's 'singing' pottery comes home 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z "I was the king of poor life choices at that moment," he says ruefully. A year ago, the show did not go on. What happened next? 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z "Young people like I see every day at school," Wali said, ruefully. Afghanistan: A year of violence on the road to peace 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z “That wasn’t my decision,” Rodgers said, ruefully and diplomatically. Perspective | Matt LaFleur made the wrong choice, and Tom Brady looks like he made the right one 2021-01-24T05:00:00Z In the high desert of New Mexico, a retired university professor ruefully remembered the “city invincible” dreamed of by Walt Whitman, poet of democracy. Pre-inaugural snapshot: Americans voice anguish and hope as Biden prepares to take office 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z Mr. Caro tracked down the still-traumatized victim and her daughter, seven of the 12 jurors in the trial and the defense attorney, who ruefully admitted to being fooled by his client’s professions of innocence. What We Found in Robert Caro’s Yellowed Files 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z If Keynes is not spinning in his grave, his ghost is at least shaking his head ruefully. Opinion | Will Maryland Democrats ‘tax into the wind’? 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z Almost ruefully I loaded the library’s website onto my laptop and searched the catalog and sure enough, there it was: “The Debt to Pleasure,” available now. Library Books: A Small Antidote to a Life of Perpetual Dissatisfaction 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z “Unfortunately, the weather is freer than us. It does what it wants,” Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro said ruefully, referring to the stronger-than-expected winds that whipped across the Adriatic from Croatia’s coastline. High tide floods Venice as dike-on-demand wasn’t activated 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z “A Promised Land,” out Tuesday in a worldwide release, eloquently and ruefully documents the first two and a half years of Obama’s presidency. The Hollywood president: Here are the celebs Barack Obama name-drops in his new book 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z “I kind of went into it with the mentality that it might be fun,” Kearston admitted ruefully. A cancer survivor, he joined a coronavirus vaccine trial. He was part of Pfizer breakthrough 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z In July, Wesley Bell, the prosecutor elected after Mr. Brown’s death, ruefully announced that after yet another review he would not seek charges, though he added that his decision did not “exonerate” Mr. Wilson. Few Police Officers Who Cause Deaths Are Charged or Convicted 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z That may be ruefully remembered by those who recalled such conditions as the backdrop for the events of Sept. 11, 2001. No rain here Friday, but damp and dreary nonetheless 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z This is where Hoffman says, ruefully, “We have to give answers people don’t want to hear.” Despite heartfelt pleas from high-school athletes, playing fall sports doesn’t align with COVID-19 realities 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z “The feds are declining a large number of these cases,” Weiden says ruefully, “even when the offender has been arrested.” Murder on the rez: A phenomenal thriller invents Native noir — and then transcends it 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z She ruefully alluded to how she won the popular vote, yet lost the election. Democratic convention takeaways: Make history, pound Trump 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z When they finally parted in 1978, it was only because their father had died: he had, Mike reported ruefully, “always wanted us to be together”. Sibling revelry: the sisters who became ferociously funny comedy duos 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z “We shoot our guns / we have fun,” he sings, ruefully acknowledging the friction, but admitting he can “never forget you”. Beck's greatest songs – ranked! 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z Looking back, ruefully, on being brought down by a virus after a life as a virus-hunter, Dr. Piot said he had misjudged his prey and had become the hunted. A Virus-Hunter Falls Prey to a Virus He Underestimated 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — She frowned at times, and other times nodded ruefully. Lori Loughlin Pleads Guilty via Zoom in College Admissions Case 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z As early as 1816, Rufus King, who had been a delegate to the constitutional convention, ruefully observed that electors now functioned as “mere … toys that nod when … set in motion”. Could 'rogue electors' tilt the balance of the US election? | Lawrence Douglas 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z “There’s no way to send out those emergency civil alerts on your phones with anything other than the loud honk that you heard,” she said ruefully. Why Are Women-Led Nations Doing Better With Covid-19? 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z “We are definitely hindered by the fact that there are not Quests available,” Milk says ruefully. Supernatural for Oculus Quest is like Beat Saber meets Peloton 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z “It’s possible that if we knew how much work it took to do an animated half of this episode, we might well have not come up with the idea,” he said, ruefully. TV’s ‘Blacklist’ draws on animation to thwart virus shutdown 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z The Fifa commentator muses ruefully on “the new offside rules... another sign of how little the players understand it”. World Cup questions: Why didn’t the great Dutch teams of the 1990s win it? 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z After he graduated in 1943, he worked at the Royal Air Force’s Bomber Command, using mathematics to assist the military “to kill as many German civilians as possible,” as he later ruefully described it. Remembering Freeman Dyson 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z Then he hits a few balls, none very well, chortling ruefully at his mis-hits. The ride of Sam Snead’s life - Golf Digest 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z This week, he said ruefully, “For a lot of people, that kind of pain’s already here.” ‘This Isn’t a Dry Run’: How to Be Ready for More Financial Pain 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z He was also asked about a moment on Friday when Trump joked about the “deep state department” and the doctor was seen to smile ruefully then rub his brow and jaw. Dr Anthony Fauci counters Trump claims amid crisis: 'I just want to get the facts out' 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z When she tested positive for the coronavirus, she ruefully called it the icing on the cake. The Coronavirus’s Rampage Through a Suburban Nursing Home 2020-03-21T04:00:00Z And she noted, ruefully, that she is the rare Bay Area volunteer stumping for the Minnesota senator. The many faces of San Francisco Democrats, from ‘Team Pete’ to Bernie backers 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z “The Iraqi government had four fleets of cars that handled such visits,” said one adviser, ruefully. After Suleimani: Iran's scramble to recover from general's death 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z “We live in a time when even professors claim not to see much of a difference between Pushkin and Letterman,” he ruefully remarked to the Chicago Tribune in 1998. George Steiner, renowned literary critic, dies at 90 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z “Everyone gets one Wire question,” he says, laughing a little ruefully. 'How do you fall for the Bernie Sanders scam?' Martin O'Malley on the Democrats and Iowa 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z But veteran investigators ruefully joke that often the only penalty for stealing is having to return the money. Who Keeps Europe’s Farm Billions Flowing? Often, Those Who Benefit 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z "There was no other way," he says ruefully. Cryptoqueen: How this woman scammed the world, then ran 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z “We put her through so much,” said Lemmons ruefully. Don't call 'Harriet' a 'slave movie': Kasi Lemmons and Cynthia Erivo made a 'freedom story' 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z He laughed ruefully, and said, “It’s easier for a man to become a prospector than for a prospector to become a man.” Blood Gold in the Brazilian Rain Forest 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Asked if he saw anything positive that may help the Rays in a rematch next week, Manager Kevin Cash laughed ruefully. The Rays Got ‘Verlandered.’ Join the Club. 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z “The problem you have with the laws the way they are, we can have 100,000 of our soldiers standing up there — they can’t do a thing,” Mr. Trump said ruefully. Shoot Them in the Legs, Trump Suggested: Inside His Border War 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z Calls for reform, he said ruefully, “must always be backed up with real actions.” Ukraine's president, a former actor, assumes unwanted role in Trump controversy 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z Sixteen years later, Ingrassia ruefully recanted his earlier optimism in another book on Detroit, “Crash Course: The American Automobile Industry’s Road from Glory to Disaster.” Opinion | GM and UAW are destroying each other. Again. 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z “It’s always easier for the Republicans, because they have one single message, from the top to the bottom of the Party,” a Florida Democratic official told me ruefully. The Fight for the Latino Vote in Florida 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z “I feel bad for them,” said Michael Wurts, superintendent of the waste treatment plant, who ruefully recalls promoting sludge as an agricultural soil additive to growers in the community. Concerns rise over tainted sewage sludge spread on croplands 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z “I don’t believe government is the answer,” Stengel writes ruefully. Opinion | Why America is losing the information war to Russia 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z When I made a second visit there and hiked through the forest with Brown and Faerthen Felix, he gestured ruefully as we passed through an area that seemed reasonably uncluttered. A Trailblazing Plan to Fight California Wildfires 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z “She stood up for us when she testified me, me too,” Tucker sings, ruefully: “My body cried out when she spoke those lines.” Sleater-Kinney: ‘Music has always been the playground of men’s sexuality’ 2019-07-28T04:00:00Z “We all agreed on the color, but now we all agree that we dislike it,” Adams told me, ruefully. The Promise and Price of Cellular Therapies 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z “I guess he didn’t want me to pass him,” Bowyer said ruefully. Keselowski exits Daytona Cup race after bump from Harvick 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z Rats are still a problem — one bit his foot recently, he said ruefully. Homeless people need more restrooms, L.A. politicians agree. But for $339,000 each? 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z Voters ruefully compared the region's current economic situation to its heyday in the 1970s. German port a battleground for EU's fragile political center 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z Voters ruefully compared the region’s current economic situation to its heyday in the 1970s. German port a battleground for EU’s fragile political center 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z “And they don’t like me,” he said ruefully of Puerto Ricans, alluding to widespread anger over the botched federal response to the storm. Florida is key to Trump’s campaign strategy — again 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z “We got kicked off the land shortly thereafter,” Erickson said, laughing ruefully. At Dusk festival, L.A.'s techno underground heads into the woods 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z Democratic leaders ruefully share both of those assessments. New tensions with administration deepen a dilemma for House Democrats; polls show why 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z “It’s a case of Lyndon Johnson’s rule, isn’t it,” one May adviser said ruefully, reflecting on the parliamentary arithmetic. How May miscalculated the Brexit numbers game 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z “So where is the light at the end of the tunnel?” he asked ruefully in 2015, a few weeks before Christmas. Tiger’s Journey: 11 years that felt like several lifetimes 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z “History repeats itself,” Islam Lotfy, a leader of the Egyptian uprising of 2011 who is now living in forced exile in London, said ruefully. Hopes Raised During the Arab Spring Are Being Revived Across North Africa 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z “You shrink as you get older,” the 71-year-old told us ruefully. Trump economic adviser Larry Kudlow is attending the Gridiron ... in the same suit he wore in 1986 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z Asked if she planned to vote, she smiled ruefully and said: "I hear there is an election, but I lost my voter's card." In Nigeria, Boko Haram violence disenfranchises many voters 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z Asked if she planned to vote, she smiled ruefully and said: “I hear there is an election, but I lost my voter’s card.” In Nigeria, Boko Haram violence disenfranchises many voters 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z “I knew it would be hard,” he said ruefully. Developer blames state for stalled Charles City project 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z “I’m still waiting to get one signed,” he says ruefully. Will Sports Betting Transform How Games Are Watched, and Even Played? 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z Federer will note ruefully, however, that he has now been upset in the fourth round at two Grand Slams in succession, having been tipped out of the U.S. Federer rues missed chances in Tsitsipas thriller 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z "Any wonder we tried gin," he ruefully declares. Five poems to read while you're nursing your New Year's hangover 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z “The skater kids will be here soon,” he added ruefully. How Forlini’s Survives the Instagram Horde 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z “My father was a slave laborer for Siemens Corporation, which is still a public company here,” he says, nodding ruefully at the trading floor. Peter Tuchman: rollercoaster ride is written on Wall St's most famous face 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z Most of her time is spent counting various objects, including, ruefully, books. Briefly Noted Book Reviews 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z As one European intelligence official told me ruefully: “The tools you need to combat terrorism are the same ones you need to suppress dissent.” Opinion | How a chilling Saudi cyberwar ensnared Jamal Khashoggi 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z “It was the end of the world,” she says ruefully. How artist Sandy Rodriguez tells today's fraught immigration story with pre-Columbian painting tools 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z "Who did we bury? Perhaps his family are looking for him," Esengali concluded ruefully. Kazakh pensioner 'back from the dead' 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z Hart ruefully recalled reporters having “a cool and aloof key” on their Radio Shack TRS-80s. Opinion | Trump and the Hart-less Presidency 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z “I thought the White Album would be the easy one,” Martin says ruefully. Digging into the Beatles' 50th anniversary 'White Album' box set where it all began: Abbey Road - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z One person confessed, almost ruefully, to feeling miedito, a little scared. A Small Town in Mexico Prepares to Double in Size With the Arrival of the Migrant Caravan 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Relishing the chance to chase down Rodgers again, the veteran defensive lineman ruefully laughed when reminiscing about the NFC North rivalry. Rams defense ready for what Packers QB Rodgers can create 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z But he ruefully admits that he doesn’t have any real hobbies. Bob Robertson still figuring out retirement after five decades of calling Cougars games 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z “It’s not going to be easy sleeping,” she said ruefully after she had picked a narrow space on a linoleum floor in a hallway. Hurricane Michael bears down on Florida Panhandle with record strength - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z Collins ruefully noted it appears some women are turning on her after she’s been a reliable advocate for women for 22 years in the Senate. Opponents vow Sen. Collins will pay price for Kavanaugh vote 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z She seemed poised to breeze through the match after a first set so surreal that Kanepi smiled ruefully at one stage. Serena Williams squarely meets challenge, advances to quarterfinals 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z Shriver’s long frame sank to the court in injury-preventive stages, landing on her back before she rose to smile ruefully and take a deep breath with her hands on her hips, racket dangling. The Stories That Would Have Been: The 1978 U.S. Open 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z But its depiction of a dystopian near-future – what we ruefully now call the present — has proved to be not just visionary but prophetic. From ‘Children of Men’ to ‘Spirited Away,’ here are the 23 best movies of the 2000s. 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z "That was not something I expected," he says ruefully. When did a massive volcano blow this island to bits and rock the ancient world? 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z Boghosian learned of Sanders’ death while en route to a family vacation in Mexico and immediately returned to campus, where flags were lowered to half-staff as officials ruefully pondered the coach’s successor. Red Sanders' impact on UCLA football has lasted well past his death, 60 years ago Tuesday 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z It’s been a dizzying reversal, and one that Soros himself ruefully acknowledges. How billionaire philanthropist George Soros became a favorite far-right target, especially in his native Hungary 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z This is treated as an inevitability, boastfully by disruptors, ruefully by social media giants. Ignore Zuckerberg. With skill and imagination we can drive the haters offline | Zoe Williams 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z “She picked something I just paid for and drove her to,” Holofcener said ruefully. Nicole Holofcener’s Human Comedies 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z There wasn’t a vignette where I didn’t find myself laughing out loud at the gallows humour — or ruefully shaking my head at thorny issues that all scientists will recognize. Summer reads: Darwin’s dilemma on sexual selection, ecology versus empire, and the dark side of the greater good 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z "I'm all side hustle and no main hustle," she observes, ruefully. "Liza On Demand" review: A tough job, but some YouTube star has to do it 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z “To the leader of the free world,” I toasted, ruefully. An excerpt from 'The World as It Is' 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z “I made a mistake on pit road speeding again here at Pocono,” Wallace said ruefully after steering his car to the garage. NASCAR notebook: Blaney perseveres for strong finish 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z In a 1983 interview, the former president spoke ruefully of Mr. Tuck and the acclaim he received. Dick Tuck, Democratic prankster who targeted Nixon, dies at 94 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z He admits ruefully the market isn't what it was: "Nowadays the young people don't cook. It's a pizza, it's a kebab, if you show them vegetables they don't know what to do with them." How convenience stores are surviving the retail storm 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z “This apocalyptic vision was the governing party’s only message to voters,” Csontos noted ruefully. Viktor Orban promised ‘revenge’ against his enemies in Hungary. Now they’re preparing for it. 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Others ruefully read the complexity of the immigrant experience into the dumpling fable. Bao is Pixar's first film by an Asian woman 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Twenty-one years later, in the bar of the Fitzpatrick Manhattan Hotel, at Lexington Avenue and East 57th, Weir ruefully smiles again. 'In a way, I'm lucky': Doddie Weir on MND, rugby and his crusade for a cure 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z “The factory produces three times as much steel as it used to,” Frenzel noted ruefully. Trump’s tariffs are both threatening and familiar in steel hub of Germany’s once-communist east 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z “That is the way things were done in that era,” Adams says, ruefully. The Golden State Warriors’ 70-Year-Old Truth-Teller 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z Greg calls their family, ruefully, "a great experiment," while Duc describes it as an "advertisement" of "how evolved and progressive our parents were." HBO drama 'Here and Now' 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z The Soviet KGB, the East German Stasi, Cuban state security — many American intelligence pros ruefully concede that these services ran rings around Western counterparts, even if some of the regimes they served eventually collapsed anyway. Opinion | We are witnessing a democratic nightmare 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z “To say we left at least one or two out there is not an understatement,” he said ruefully. Chipper Jones set to join familiar names in Hall of Fame 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z At the C.I.A., top officials ruefully remembered the treatment of Brian J. Kelly, an agency officer who in the 1990s was wrongly suspected by the F.B.I. of being a Russian spy. Hunting a C.I.A. Mole, Agents Gambled and Let a Suspect Return to China 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z It is an assessment shared ruefully by Mr. Trump’s harshest critics, who see a darker view of the past year. Stoking Fears, Trump Defied Bureaucracy to Advance Immigration Agenda 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z For years, many Latin Americans ruefully accepted corruption to be as inevitable as voting itself, as officials from the presidential palace to the mayor’s office enriched themselves from public coffers. Peru Leader Could Be Biggest to Fall in Latin America Graft Scandal 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z “The vibe is not the same,” Dryer said ruefully. At a remote Texas border crossing, pleas for 'No wall' 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z The state is so often stellar in football, residents say ruefully, and not much else, a consequence of generations of bitter fights, political turbulence and eternal divides over race and class. In Alabama race, voters ask: What about the issues? 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z Hutter sounded like she started to say something, but stopped herself — then just laughed ruefully. In another year of arts-funding fights, Seattle-area student says NEA songwriting award made a difference 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z Reflecting on the new count results, another longtime homeless expert, Washington DC social worker Julie Turner, spoke ruefully of her optimism of 30 years ago. America's homeless population rises for the first time since the Great Recession 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z At the New Stanley Hotel, a Catholic and a Lutheran might kick back over kebabs and ruefully joke about enabling this sad conflict. Opinion | The Starving Lands 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z He described himself ruefully as a “dinosaur on the fiscal issues”, a relic from the days when his party made deficit reduction a core political goal. Trump says opposing tax cuts will cost Democrats 'very big' in midterms 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z “Obviously, I’m kind of a dinosaur on fiscal issues,” Corker said ruefully before declaring his opposition to the bill. Why Republicans who once fought budget debt now embrace it 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z Mr Franken has called for an ethics investigation into his own actions; attending to the beam in their own eye before turning to motes elsewhere, plenty of Democrats have ruefully urged him to resign. Sexual-harassment scandals imperil Democrats more than Republicans 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z “Knowing me,” the professor ruefully told me, “is enough to send someone to jail for life.” Opinion | A fake news campaign blames an innocent American for a coup attempt in Turkey 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z “It has a little bit of everything,” Ms. Kee said ruefully, but she hopes that the apartment, which has been on the market since April, will eventually appeal to a buyer looking for rental income. The Most Common Obstacles to a Sale — and What to Do About Them 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z In the gloomy drawing room, he moves stiffly around nursing a back injury, ruefully enumerating the ways in which old houses can ruin one’s life. Martin Amis: ‘I miss the English’ 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z That means two more years of those high-five-figure taxes, he said ruefully. New Development: Soft in the Middle, Splashy Up Top 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z “We caught some people doing that, but they threatened us and we couldn’t sample the bottles to prove it,” he said ruefully. In Kabul, access to safe drinking water is a matter of money 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z “If I tried to do that now,” she said ruefully, “I’m not sure I’d be able to walk the next day.” In Kelly Devine’s Apartment, Even the Furniture Has to Audition 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z “I lost a lot of peppers,” he said ruefully. Alaska prison looks to expand garden for inmates, community 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z About the same time, Darling now ruefully recalls, the Financial Services Authority, the British banking regulator, produced a report questioning the business model of Northern Rock. 'That was chilling': Ten years since the financial crash - BBC News 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z “Levi’s made a shirt for Mexico in 1978,” Heard mutters ruefully. More than a shirt: how classic football kits became works of art 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z However, as he ruefully admitted, the trend was already going in the opposite direction. How economics became a religion | John Rapley 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z As Tommy ruefully reflects, “I didn’t even realize until after he died how essentially lonely he was.” ‘Trees’ branches out from loss to life and a literary legacy 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z Economists who were embroiled in that episode, and those who recall it ruefully, see it as a cautionary tale for Mr. Trump. U.S. Trade Partners Watch Warily as Trump Considers Steel Tariffs 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z She shook her head and turned to focus on the blonde woman sitting ruefully in a pile of papers behind her. The ghost in the machine : Nature : Nature Research 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z “In my Father’s house are many mansions,” he muttered ruefully. Howard Manor has more than 70 vacant apartments — and three tenants who refuse to leave 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z He acknowledged ruefully Wednesday that practitioners of that brand of politics seldom paid a price for it. Shooting is latest eruption in grim ritual of rage — and blame 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z But he acknowledged ruefully on Wednesday that practitioners of that brand of politics seldom paid a price for it. Shooting Is Latest Eruption in a Grim Ritual of Rage and Blame 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z They’re still hand-cutting all their French fries, even though using frozen “would save a ton of time,” he says, a little ruefully. The fourth-best burger in America — it’s in South Park? 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z The audience for this stuff was largely male—Bruford writes ruefully that, throughout his career, women “generally and rather stubbornly stayed away” from his performances. The Persistence of Prog Rock 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z In 1832, the governor of Van Diemen's Land reflected ruefully on his colonial administration's chaotic - and bloody - relationship with the island's indigenous population. Why doesn't Australia have an indigenous treaty? - BBC News 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z She adds, ruefully, “I don’t know whether he’ll sit through the whole thing now.” Frances Stark: 'Contemporary artists are hyper-alienated and hyper-competitive' 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z If only they knew the real him, I thought ruefully. A Father’s Final Odyssey 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z And he has yet to unravel President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program for the so-called “Dreamers,” as Mr. Krikorian ruefully noted. Choice of Pro-Immigration Economic Adviser Riles Trump’s Base 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z Then he smiled and shrugged ruefully in his brown canvas jacket, insisting he was not a militant. Refugee or militant? High-stakes screening outside Mosul 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Otherwise, when the motor revs, the whirring fan blade, the spinning belts . . . well, she grimaces, nodding her head ruefully. No ribbons and bells for these scruffy cats 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z “It had been the number one new show, and it was going to run for eight years. I was going to do two terms,” Davis grins ruefully. Geena Davis: ‘Thelma & Louise changed everything for me’ 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z But, she laughed ruefully: "It doesn't work like that, it's business. "It's about money, it's about sales. Laura Mvula found out she was dropped via email - BBC News 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z It was ruefully fitting that at the same time King County announced a local sales-tax proposal for arts programs, Trump proposed gutting the National Endowment for the Arts. ‘Move fast and break things’ is no motto for running a country 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z He added, a bit ruefully, “Set you up for failure.” 2 of a Farmer’s 3 Children Overdosed. What of the Third — and the Land? 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z “He became a hero,” a teacher told me ruefully. The Marines's 'slut pages' are no surprise to your average high school student | Nancy Jo Sales 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z “I’d like to watch it and see what happened. “I still don’t know if I can watch it,” he added ruefully. The best picture show at the Oscars: the flub, the reactions, the blame 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z In refusing to reinstate the travel ban, the federal appellate court ruefully observed that the executive order failed to supply even the thinnest justification based in fact. Lying got Michael Flynn fired. But that's what the Trump White House does best | Lawrence Douglas 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z If anything, the legend has probably been “watered down” from reality, as one bad guy ruefully notes. ‘John Wick: Chapter 2’: Stylish, hyperviolent, and almost irrationally satisfying. 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z “I couldn’t physically put any more in me,” he said ruefully. For Quadruple Amputee, Year of Illness ‘Was the Most Brilliant’ 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z Mr. Schneider’s SS uniform is stuffed in a garbage bag in his attic and he speaks ruefully about his time with the National Socialist Movement, generally considered America’s largest neo-Nazi group. The Rehabilitation of ‘Pitbull,’ a Former Wrestler and Neo-Nazi 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z In the 10 years that followed - a period the travel industry recalls ruefully as the “lost decade” - the U.S. share of overseas travel fell by nearly one-third, according to the Council on Foreign Relations. How Trump’s immigration order could hurt the US economy 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z In the 10 years that followed — a period the travel industry recalls ruefully as the “lost decade” — the U.S. share of overseas travel fell by nearly one-third, according to the Council on Foreign Relations. How Trump's immigration order could hurt the US economy 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z “It’s one of those winters where everything that could go wrong has,” Crittenden said ruefully. It’s the dog days of winter 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z Ms. Pomsel appeared to look back ruefully on what she described as the frivolity of her youth and her inattention to national affairs. Brunhilde Pomsel, secretary to Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, dies at 106 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z That law “provides a significant statutory barrier to the resumption of the CIA interrogation program,” the draft order notes, somewhat ruefully. Make America torture again: President Trump looks for ways to revive the illegal “enhanced interrogation” program 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z Now, she works in an upmarket commercial estate agent and says ruefully, “I’ve sold my soul to the corporate beast.” Madam president: are female leaders better for women? 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z Hens recalls ruefully that she did not try to shield her sons from their brutal father. Love, Terror, and Cigarettes 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z When we meet he’s halfway through the proofs of a biography of Jan Morris, whom he encountered in Cairo: “A proper traveller,” he writes in Arabia, a touch ruefully. Jonathan Raban: ‘I felt pretty happy that I was still alive’ 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z Fisher would make a lot of wisecracks about the role that made her pop-culture royalty and led Reynolds to note ruefully she was now regarded as the mother of Princess Leia. No one could make us laugh through pain like Carrie Fisher 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z He points at Mr. LaValle and ruefully observes, “We didn’t win New York.” Donald Trump Loves New York. But It Doesn’t Love Him Back. 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z Tom Lembong, Indonesia’s investment chief, notes ruefully that Vietnam’s exports, excluding oil and gas, exceeded those of Indonesia for the first time last year—even though its economy is much smaller. A reforming minister tries to spur Indonesia’s economy 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Spencer had brief interactions with Dove’s program as a boy, and he told me ruefully that if he had had more, “it would have made a great difference.” Finding America’s Mother Teresa 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z “And for a while,’’ he added, ruefully, “I did.’ Thirty years after Mike Tyson became champion, unfulfilled promise is the lasting memory 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z Heck has ruefully acknowledged that there’s a limit to how much he can outperform Trump in Nevada. Trump effect could shape 3 tight Nevada congressional races 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z “The less you get paid, the more you’re respected,” she says ruefully of the tight-knit London stage community. Es Devlin’s Otherworldly Stage Sets 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z As a Clinton ally ruefully notes, “The last 15 years, everyone had forgotten about that, and now it’s back.” When Hillary and Donald Were Friends 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z Most people laugh ruefully, or offer up a careful "well... she did almost write that speech about Hillary Clinton one time?" Our little corner of the world: the Gilmore Girls get a fan festival 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z “Fewer women want a natural birth today,” she says ruefully. No pain, no gain 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Bartlett’s piercing satire holds many grains of truth, and will resonate ruefully with both generations it depicts. Review: The kids are not alright in play ‘Love, Love, Love’ 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Bee smiled — a bit wistfully, a bit ruefully — as he finished telling the tale of 433 Broadway. A Co-Working Space in SoHo, 15 Years in the Making 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z “I gave her a dollar, took a flier, then lost it,” he added, ruefully. After Years Underground, a Subway Singer Gets the Spotlight 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Molder was ruefully reminded that football is still king, notably in Texas and an airport that features a Dallas Cowboys Club and Restaurant. PGA Tour player at DFW Airport discovers football trumps golf, even the Ryder Cup - Golf Digest 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z “We were the inventors and the innovators,” Paul told me, ruefully. Juno Takes on Uber 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z Voters watch ruefully with a mix of fascination and contempt. Spaniards, Exhausted by Politics, Warm to Life Without a Government 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z "I fell into the bookie and racing gang," Paterson says ruefully. Steve Paterson: From Manchester Utd to Dufftown via Aberdeen car boot escape 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z While pediatricians ruefully acknowledge that 40 percent of their practices involve dealing with mental and behavioral problems, they receive a woefully inadequate amount of child psychiatry training. Why and How to Improve Mental Health Services for Youth 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z She regrets that rather than being understanding, she was furious — “I was terrible,” she said ruefully. Their young world crumbled. Now the children of 9/11 look back 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z At one point, Weinraub spoke ruefully of how Hood By Air was perceived by outsiders. Hood By Air’s Radically Aggressive Streetwear 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z “I always said I wanted to live on an island,” his wife said, ruefully. In a flooded Louisiana neighborhood, residents ride home through alligator-infested waters 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z “Right now my balance is zero dollars,” she said, grinning ruefully, “and zero cents.” On 20th anniversary of welfare reform, D.C. still foots bill for longtime recipients 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z The president gave one of the greatest political speeches in history, even many conservatives ruefully admitted, one that reminded exactly no one of anything any Trump has ever uttered. 5 stupidest right-wing moments this week: Donald’s prolonged temper tantrum 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z He glanced at across the kitchen table at Stubbs, who shrugged ruefully. Two Republicans Make An Unlikely Plea: Vote Hillary 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, I was ruefully musing that the best part of the evening was nearly over. Schubert, the Yankees and Irresistible Grace 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z “This is the party of law and order. I was an attorney general,” Cuccinelli said ruefully on the floor. Cuccinelli’s floor fight draws rebukes, fans — and attention 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z |
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