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"contrition" Definitions
  1. the feeling of being very sorry for something bad that you have done

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Dismay, along with regret and contrition, accompany me every day.
But Kalanick's contrition didn't stop more scandals from piling up.
This contrasts with Latvia's contrition after the closure of ABLV.
And for all Zuckerberg's contrition, Facebook's business model isn't changing.
Don't let a lack of contrition keep the beast going.
Furious opposition MPs accused the government of showing no contrition.
Yet his year of contrition is nothing to cry about.
Instead of showing contrition for his remarks, Trump was combative.
She expresses no contrition about her smearing of the President.
A spot of contrition mandated by the public relations team.
A sincere expression of some contrition could soothe those pangs.
Whatever private acts of contrition these men, and a few women, might make to their victims demands a corresponding public act of contrition, one offered genuinely, rather than to save face or appease the crowd.
If we are to forgive Armstrong, we should expect total contrition.
Still, whatever contrition he showed was enough for some senators. Sen.
In contrast to Trump's defiant tone, Giuliani emphasized the nominee's contrition.
I've about enough of your false contrition and your phony apologies.
Mr. Silver, in court on Tuesday, again play-acted at contrition.
The act of contrition is said after we confess our sins.
The sentiments, and the contrition, probably helped Pitino keep his job.
But there was no sign of acknowledgment or contrition about anything.
WADA's main demand for a lifting of the suspension was contrition.
" She added: "With the men, we ask, Where is the contrition?
If he wants absolution, they say, he needs to show contrition.
All they wanted to see was some contrition and some professionalism.
I mean that his new novel is an act of contrition.
Contrition is defined as the state of feeling remorseful and penitent.
If this was contrition, it certainly did not sound like it.
All the executives on stage bowed in contrition following his remarks.
Dad's genuine contrition took the fun out of holding offenses against him.
And, yet he showed no humility, no regret, no contrition for that.
" Jackson appeared unmoved by Stone's contrition, saying his apology "rings quite hollow.
Parker has alternated between contrition and defiance in regards to his allegations.
Mr Hun Sen shows no contrition, but also few signs of preparation.
This emotional new letter seems to offer some genuine, albeit belated, contrition.
Kalanick seemed to understand that his behavior required some form of contrition.
I've had about enough of your false contrition and your phony apologies.
In his contrition, I had him take photos of what he did.
As a display of contrition, this falls far short of the mark.
But this reflects conquest, not contrition: critics have been cowed into silence.
Russian officials have responded to the accusations with both defiance and contrition.
But it turns out, Trump can exercise the political skill of contrition.
But the proper approach, obvious to many, was to show some contrition.
Wells Fargo has continued to publicly show contrition as new wrongdoing emerged.
The day started with a new note of contrition from Ms Lam.
In a resignation letter, Price offered little in the way of contrition.
Two years later, though, we've entered a new phase: the contrition tour.
But the judge criticized her for showing no contrition for the crimes.
Critically, Trump got himself acquitted without even a token gesture of contrition.
We knew Trump would express no contrition for what he had done.
Of course, words of contrition should also be backed up by actions.
William A. Ackman — not usually known for his contrition — has said sorry.
In Paris, priests led barefoot worshippers in processions meant to show contrition.
He seems constitutionally incapable of registering what others would: shame, embarrassment, contrition.
"Those were long and seemingly sincere statements of contrition," Mr. Simon said.
People reported that in his memoir, he writes about this incident with contrition.
He missed his chance to show genuine contrition for his recently revealed behavior.
Northam has shown contrition, but he doesn't have to remain in public office.
But the contrition may be too little, too late for the embattled lawmaker.
But the wages of contrition went beyond half-hearted endorsements and disingenuous tweets.
Critics have long assumed these televised acts of confession and contrition were frauds.
But it became clear to her on Sunday that contrition was insufficient. Mrs.
"I've had about enough of your false contrition and your phony apologies," Rep.
And I've had about enough of your false contrition and your phony apologies.
He started out by showing contrition, which set the tone for the day.
There's a really nice little narrative arc to that: confidence, false promises, contrition.
The contrition seemed to satisfy Stanislav Pozdnyakov, the head of the Russian delegation.
In true Trump fashion, he refused to apologize or show any contrition whatsoever.
"Truth and contrition go a long, long way in securing a positive outcome."
On a continent known for strongmen, some of the leaders showed striking contrition.
Does he ever sound or act like a guy who even considers contrition?
What judges really want is an expression of contrition, Peter J. Henning writes.
Another pointed out he's been on a contrition tour for about 15 years now.
It's possible the Scottsdale, Arizona company also felt now was the time for contrition.
They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.
Despite their words of contrition and reconciliation, this action is contradictory to those sentiments.
I then had to write a declaration expressing my contrition for bringing the nuts.
But rather than using the second debate to express genuine contrition, Trump tripled down.
" But this week, Chain's attorney Bill Weinreb pledged contrition on his client's behalf. "Mr.
But if you're looking for contrition, maybe you should have asked for someone else.
People were wanting him to come out and show contrition, and he did that.
Hardly perfect, but a little sincere contrition never did any harm now, did it?
I wonder if this contrition will be enough to head off any strong regulation.
She posted photos of him kneeling before her in what looked like pure contrition.
Mr. Macron has done well to come down from the heavens to show contrition.
"Rob has yet to publicly show regret or contrition for his actions," she added.
In response, Trump displays no contrition but instead accelerates his lying and inappropriate demands.
He was lauded for a "strategic" decision to make a visual statement of contrition.
The act of contrition made us feel that the natural order had been restored.
Arnelle Simpson spoke with humility and contrition — a stark contrast to Simpson's confidence and defensiveness.
The Star of David is rendered all-white: Is it a symbol of contrition here?
It was not clear whether his downcast eyes were a sign of contrition or evasion.
Habitual sins distort our thinking, and even sincere contrition is no guarantee of future performance.
Mr. Spiegel's talk of goals for 2018 and notes of contrition were a welcome change.
Rescue efforts consume Indonesia, the Brett Kavanaugh inquiry expands, train companies show contrition in Britain.
He failed to show contrition for his prior statements on issues of race and sexism.
Trump has shown no contrition at all over actions he thinks weren't wrong at all.
However, his contrition failed to satisfy investors, who expressed their dismay over the stock price fall.
Finally, Conway's Sunday media tour should have been vastly different -- contrition was in order, not incrimination.
Huffman, however, has kept her head down and expressed contrition for her role in the scandal.
But the financial costs were small and the bank's contrition (and readiness to pay compensation) high.
But her statements show a remorse and contrition that are unfortunately rarely heard from public figures.
They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love ~ Washington Irving.
Out of step with today's demand, especially in the media, for contrition, apology and even tears.
He felt that the government's contrition was too showy, a floral bouquet hiding a poisonous spider.
Therefore, a little contrition would be a good way to start her conversation with the electorate.
But her demonstrations of contrition did little, it seemed, to improve her standing at the network.
But this performance of contrition came on the heels of the company's first effort at retaliation.
His drunk scene in Cyprus (orchestrated by Iago) is heartbreaking; so is his abject contrition afterward.
She looked away from me with a kind of wince, as if my contrition pained her.
In the beginning of "Scarred," Edmondson suggests that telling her story is an act of contrition.
At a news conference Wednesday, the players in separate statements thanked the president and expressed contrition.
This behavior is okay once but after that one if you show contrition you'll be okay.
Voters want to see contrition, but also authenticity and reflection, without a candidate appearing overly weak.
What's more important than his (supposed) contrition is putting actions and resources towards help support women entrepreneurs.
But some commentators saw it as a successful act of contrition after several weeks of damaging missteps.
The tweets in question have been deleted, but his act of contrition wasn't enough for the Post.
Perhaps more important, Clinton also had the sense to admit her mistake and express contrition, albeit belatedly.
If anything, he should err on the side of too much contrition, the better to attain forgiveness.
"Bizzack's contrition and prompt acceptance of responsibility are significant and commendable," prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memorandum.
It has often been said that Americans will forgive anything, but first you have to show contrition.
Pulling off a personal change and what looks like some form of contrition is hard in politics.
His return to the stage has provoked many conversations about censorship, contrition, and our ability to change.
Mason, a former trial court judge, offered contrition for the "harm and pain" he caused their family.
Is contrition sweeping the nation, with board members and authorities trying to make up for past slights?
CONCHA: Yes, and the problem is that even after the mistake is made, there is no contrition.
Will this be a story of real contrition and forgiveness or of dirt pushed under the rug?
She expressed frustration, even contrition, when she didn't immediately comprehend a question and glanced around for clarity.
" Several months later, the accuser claims Brown reached out to her to express contrition and "begged forgiveness.
They all have more to offer, but only if they pave their way back with sincere contrition.
I have this really spiritual poet friend who told me that all writing has to be contrition.
Many lawmakers and commentators from both parties have expressed outrage and urged public contrition for days now.
In an extraordinary act of contrition, she wrote a public apology online to her friends and family.
His punishment was to perform three days of public contrition, standing in a ninety-degree-angle bow.
By agreeing to face Michael Bisping in his first fight back, Anderson Silva was agreeing to public contrition.
Yet Israel distinguishes between the two expressions of contrition, seeing in the latter a potential admission of guilt.
No contrition from the anonymous commentators who branded her a racist, called her names and threatened her safety.
It will take a generation, genuine contrition and an ideological conversion for the FARC to become electorally competitive.
The opening parlay of "I'm tryna keep my faith" and "Same problem my father had" hints at contrition.
Macron, who on Tuesday visited islands in the Caribbean damaged by Hurricane Irma, has himself shown little contrition.
TOKYO — One of the most talked-about television commercials in Japan this year advertises an unusual product: contrition.
Later, after an outpouring of complaints, he began expressing more contrition, but the damage had already been done.
The last vestiges of that contrition vanished as Mr. Trump, warning about Mexican rapists, vaulted atop the polls.
Reporters dutifully pointed this out, no doubt expecting the kind of contrition or clarification displayed by previous presidents.
So let me walk with Pope Francis through a standard Catholic prayer of confession, or act of contrition.
The damage done to them cannot be undone, but it can be acknowledged with full and total contrition.
After becoming emperor when his father died in 1989, he took that same message of contrition across Asia.
"But we don't yet have a guide to muffin pans," she added with an audible tinge of contrition.
His public contrition satisfied a deep need, C. Y. Kwanue, a reporter with Monrovia's Daily Observer , told me.
He has yet to take responsibility for his actions by apologizing to his victims or demonstrating genuine contrition.
In a world where male contrition isn't taken for granted, it is given space and wins exaggerated praise.
He said the words, but there was no sincerity, humility or contrition in his demeanor or his words.
And unlike Clinton, Trump has no interest in contrition or even countenancing the notion he's done anything wrong.
Adding insult to injury, there was no empathy or contrition for the millions wounded by its lax practices.
Yet Huffman's conduct following the exposure of these crimes has exemplified grace, contrition, remorse and acceptance of responsibility.
Unlike comedy, politics has traditionally drawn clear lines of what's allowed, what requires contrition and what ends careers.
There had been contrition, progress, a new level of comfort in his skin, a clearer sense of direction.
Many argue there is a lack of contrition in Armstrong, as raised in a BBC interview in 2015.
Cruz said he was sorry, with a mien and voice that established contrition as a real stretch for him.
Rather than express the usual ritual contrition, how about this: I'm on television every weeknight live for an hour.
It "used to be admit wrongdoing, show complete contrition, and then we give you a second chance," he said.
He executed some of the ringleaders and put ordinary killers through informal village courts that encouraged confession and contrition.
In a nation with a prevailing "never again" contrition over the Nazi-era Holocaust, such incidents are especially shocking.
Contrition and humility aren't Ye's style, but maybe we can all learn a little something from his narcissistic rambling.
And it may need to make a shocking, landmark act of contrition to convince employees its capable of change.
"He has to earn that opportunity ... if he earns a second chance by contrition, by rehabilitation, he'll get it."
"  "Rather than express the usual ritual contrition, how about this: I'm on television every weeknight live for an hour.
Cohen's contrition was the act of a cynic in trouble, not that of a repentant who saw the light.
While he did not show contrition and that was a mistake, the discussion of the tape was fairly limited.
So did Harwood feel any contrition, any remorse that he represented his network so poorly and with such partisanship?
In response Hong Kong leaders have tried thus far a mixture of patience, contrition and hard-nosed police tactics.
As for the service issues these teachers encountered, Voya examined Ms. Wilson's and Ms. Foght's situations and expressed contrition.
Even after more than 30 years of suffering and contrition, he chose not to profit from a dishonorable deed.
When the criminal charges were dropped and the civil suit settled, Bryant apologized to his accuser and expressed contrition.
Whatever happens, any sense of genuine Iranian contrition could increase Tehran's credibility both domestically and on the global stage.
There's an entire showbiz industry built around performative contrition, and BoJack has mastered its turns and straightaways like Secretariat.
Time will tell whether the change in Cohen that he described to the committee -- the abject contrition -- will stick.
But as successful as the G-Shock has become, Mr. Kikuo Ibe is still a man tempered by contrition.
" MLB says the staffers have "universally relayed contrition for how the incident unfolded and the adverse impression that it created.
Shortly after the contrition, CNN fired Kathy Griffin from its New Year's Eve coverage but gave the story little airtime.
But without any hint of contrition or any attempt at accountability when sacred rules of journalism are broken, nothing changes.
Zhang Yiming, Bytedance's founder and chief executive, offered a display of contrition after the joke app, Neihan Duanzi, was shuttered.
"The model used to be: admit wrongdoing, show complete contrition and then we give you a second chance," said Macdonald.
Wells Fargo has recently engaged in a vigorous push to rehabilitate its image, emphasizing its contrition in an advertising campaign.
But far from stepping back or opting for contrition as his critics and appeasers hope, Trump draws darker political conclusions.
But unlike the last President to be acquitted, don't expect Trump to apologize or express any contrition for his conduct.
He pleaded guilty to inciting subversion of the state, voiced contrition in a calm, practiced voice and asked for mercy.
Alternately defiant or embittered, Mr. Mubarak never publicly displayed much contrition for his actions during his three decades in power.
That being said, his prepared testimony is a bunch of recycled pablum masquerading as contrition and doesn't suggest a good start.
Absolution and atonement require contrition and remorse for the harm caused, and that has been lacking in most of these cases.
The Catholic Church, for example, teaches that confession, contrition and commitment to a new life are required as well as conversion.
"Naruhito's birthday remarks last year were very similar to Akihito's regarding history and need for contrition about wartime aggression," says Kingston.
His subsequent clarification (albeit unaccompanied by any hint of regret or contrition over the offence caused) helped to alleviate those worries.
In Mr Wagner's telling, such contrition might apply to many other acts of cruelty and violence visited upon Britannia's imperial subjects.
Being able to navigate the political climate in Europe demands that Uber not only demonstrate contrition, but implement real change too.
"We express our solemn contrition for our participation in slavery and the benefit our institution received," said Georgetown's president, John DeGioia.
A third red herring is the notion that public confession and contrition is something that Chinese, or East Asian, culture demands.
"There was no contrition or soul-searching on the call about how the 787 could have gone this wrong," he wrote.
You are not to be praised for your fourth quarter outreach, but reviled for it, because it contains contempt, not contrition.
Showing contrition so close to the election could also ring hollow: It took months after the email scandal broke for Mrs.
If Trump was looking for a sign of contrition from Romney after his biting attacks during the campaign, he got it.
Lam was trying to strike a difficult balance on Tuesday, showing contrition to protesters without further giving in to their demands.
He has been reluctant to show contrition, but the pressure increased after new questions were raised about his sensitivity toward women.
If he has already expressed a measure of contrition, Mr. Khosrowshahi also knows that Uber has a devoted following in London.
" He expressed contrition, though only fleetingly, saying that in executing his political responsibilities, he had not been "the epitome of perfection.
Asking for contrition from someone incapable of it—that's a new one, I guess; we'll see how long that holds up.
And something besides his briefly-lived contrition explained why a few hearts softened in the Washington bureau, where Mr. Safire worked.
"Get it all out, and if necessary, apologize," McCain said, referencing former President Ronald Reagan's contrition for the Iran-Contra affair.
"The celebrity would need to back up any stated contrition with an observable commitment to helping to effectuate change," she said.
Musk showed no signs of contrition, firing back at the SEC in a tweet that sought to explain away his actions.
Nodding with feigned contrition, I wheezed out a long, dry cough and promised to put Prolific aside and take a nap.
Jaffe said his group has long been active in promoting LGBTQ rights but had yet to put its contrition into words.
"He showed no respect for the rule of law and at no point showed contrition for his actions," Penzone told BuzzFeed News.
The judge was impressed with his contrition but warned him that a third conviction in the future would have pretty bleak consequences.
Its chances depend on it communicating a genuine sense of contrition for its crimes, and abandoning the Stalinist dogmatism that few share.
Mr. Snyder has finally expressed some contrition, although he's still withholding much of the information we need to fully understand what happened.
The Clinton campaign immediately expressed doubt over the sincerity of Trump's contrition, calling it "teleprompter regret" and pressed Trump to go further.
"Trump watched Shah's session and was unhappy that he showed contrition on behalf of the White House," according to the Washington Post.
"There is no remorse or contrition shown by the offender," Newcastle Court Magistrate Robert Stone said of Wilson in emailed sentencing remarks.
Price waited days to express contrition, and seemingly only did so because President Donald Trump suggested his job was on the line.
"He expressed genuine contrition for the words he used on the video that became public," Pence said on Fox News on Monday.
From day one, it's been in Facebook's DNA to misrepresent its true intentions and scurry away in contrition when it's called out.
" Gandy said: "I rarely expect contrition from abusers, and even when I hear it, I don't believe it, because talk is cheap.
But as several senators pointed out, the contrition rang hollow, because Mr. Stumpf has not held himself or other top managers accountable.
At times defiant, Mr. Wenner at other times veered toward contrition, and then abruptly pulled back, as when apologizing to the plaintiff.
Russia was supposed to express contrition and prove its drug testing protocols legitimate after the biggest doping scandal in international sports history.
Mr. Jones had cited a desire to express contrition to the Sandy Hook parents as a reason for agreeing to be interviewed.
Mr. Yarrow has expressed contrition over the episode with the girls, sharing his regret in interviews and public statements over the years.
With contrition never on the table for an unrepentant president, he too chose to double down, offering implausible and easily disproved excuses.
That contrition was also on display at the meeting on Monday with the women looking for answers about the scrapped childcare plan.
Catholic theology teaches that forgiveness is within reach for anyone who professes true contrition and has an earnest desire to do better.
Trump has been in the public eye for decades and has used his notoriety and lack of contrition as a political weapon.
Mathis was at LAX Wednesday when he told our photog Faizon should be proactive by showing contrition in advance of his trial.
"We need to reach out to Trump voters in a spirit of empathy and contrition," Rabbi Michael Lerner wrote in the Times.
Simpson, who looked fit and spoke with energy, mixed contrition and deflection over the course of the one hour and 20 minute hearing.
Those inclined to hate fun—who will likely be parsing his postgame remarks for a lack of contrition—will reach their own conclusions.
And the real sign that a company is recuperating is not that it is locked in a permanent state of contrition and austerity.
BMW's contrition, and its assurances to owners of defective vehicles that they can count on all necessary assistance, have not doused the indignation.
The man himself showed some contrition in prison, asking Panamanians for forgiveness (he found Jesus in 1990, thanks to two pastors from Texas).
The comments encapsulate just how far the sector has shifted, from defiance before the explosive inquiry began in February, to contrition and apology.
For Mark Zuckerberg, who this week endured two days of questioning in front of Congress, the rewards of contrition are not just metaphorical.
He declined to comment for this story, referring instead to his previous public comments regarding his client's contrition and wish to move forward.
Reyes had the right to appeal the suspension but chose not to, and he issued a statement of contrition though the players' union.
Of course, he reminded them with a kind of earnest contrition, there were going to be bumps in the road, growing pains, glitches.
And because they have maintained their innocence and are expected to appeal, it seems logical for them to resist overt statements of contrition.
I don't believe he has the necessary qualities to show true contrition or the sincere will or desire to radically change the CPD.
These prayers exist to teach us the nature of penitence, and to guide us when we aren't sure how to show sincere contrition.
A final part of the pattern that emerged with last year's high-profile abusers was contrition, ostensibly as a table setting for rehabilitation.
Furthermore, Trump does not strike me as a man amenable to contrition or one interested in the health and stability of the nation.
SOSNIK: I advocated for contrition, lance the boil, get out, say it and let's be done with it and try to move on.
And it is at that moment of clarity and contrition when they are typically plunged into a jailhouse of extortion, violence and tedium.
At a public meeting organized by Hartshill and Harpfields Occasions, a community group, Mr. Nuttall mixed defiance with contrition when accused of lying.
It was an unusual moment of contrition for Mr. Ackman and a stark contrast to his emphatic support of Valeant in recent years.
Mr. Banks, who publicly apologized to Ms. Headley in December, apologized again at the hearing, which was heavy on contrition from elected officials.
But we must accept that this scene will never play out: we may see the perp walk, but we'll never see the contrition.
The "Here Together" ad strikes a peculiar, passive tone; there's a general sense of disappointment and empathy, but little in the way of contrition.
Park is attempting to show the contrition and sense of responsibility that South Koreans demand while also trying to re-establish her tarnished credibility.
Stone found Wilson had shown no remorse or contrition for the cover-up and his primary motive had been to protect the Catholic Church.
A winning candidate with a more winning personality wouldn't sit at the Code Conference and come off so obliviously arrogant and utterly without contrition.
"One of the conditions for renewed compliance is actually an admission that there was a problem and hopefully some declaration of contrition," Reedie said.
Such plaudits, along with Mr Erdogan's show of contrition for Turkey's downing of a Russian jet last November, are music to Mr Putin's ears.
This is not a man who shows real contrition and certainly does not indicate any greater respect for women than the leaked tape suggests.
But what figures largest in these personal narratives — what they say has sustained them throughout — is the belief that they were wrongly prosecuted. Contrition?
Some people say that, whatever his contrition, his admission that he ordered the killing in cold blood of Vietnamese women and children disqualifies him.
"When Obama made his gesture of contrition at Hiroshima, he was showing Abe that the path forwards stems from recognizing the past," said Kingston.
A public apology to Smith and Carlos by the U.S.O.C. may not answer that question, but it would be a spectacular gesture of contrition.
The apology struck Hal as both defensive and pandering, suffering, as all acts of public contrition do, from a confusion over the intended audience.
The playbook for these sorts of attempted returns to public life is well established: Express contrition, forgive your tormentors, espouse the hard lessons learned.
On stage at the conference, Zuckerberg presented a solemn image of contrition to emphasize how seriously Facebook is taking the criticisms about the company.
Mr. Weinstein, who was fired by his company on Sunday, has responded to allegations of sexual misconduct with a mix of contrition and combativeness.
The sergeant, 31, expressed contrition and said he knew there was nothing he could say that could make up for the pain he caused.
On the surface, he convincingly telegraphs contrition and a deep disgust at his own weaknesses, but disarming self-flagellation has always been his art.
Dressed in funereal black, Mr Taguchi (pictured) prostrated himself in contrition before a scrum of reporters after his release on bail for drugs charges.
In particular, critics have complained that Hiroto Saikawa, Nissan's chief executive, failed to show sufficient contrition at a news conference about the company's lapse.
If they are satisfied with his contrition and believe he can still lead the team — despite having no prior managing experience — then say so.
But now we're going to give more things away to all of you who stay loyal to us in our moment of professed contrition.
He continues to live a totally unexamined life, evincing not a shred of doubt about his past actions, let alone an ounce of contrition.
This time, Musk showed contrition and Tesla shares surged 8.5 percent in after-hours trading Wednesday, adding about $4.75 billion to the stock's value.
On his embrace of stop-and-frisk, Bloomberg stopped short of offering his past contrition, admitting he felt "embarrassed" about how it turned out.
In what now seems to be a constant cycle of public contrition, scrutiny and backlash, is there any one right way to say sorry?
"Normally when we have ... a series of events like this, companies respond with a whole lot of contrition and whole lot of commitment," he said.
The sentencing memo from Flynn's lawyers also noted that Flynn felt "genuine contrition" for his "uncharacteristic error in judgment" when he made the false statements.
According to sources speaking to the New York Times, Pence was said to be "incensed" by Flynn's misinformation, as well as his lack of contrition.
Lawmakers get to appear tough, executives get to offer words of contrition, and the public gets to feel as if meaningful action has been taken.
Ms. Wang's videotaped contrition was merely an example of how the Chinese authorities routinely coerce detainees into making statements that serve the government's propaganda needs.
His apology after the Access Hollywood tape became public in October 2016 is one of the only instances where he's ever shown contrition in public.
"A symbolic gesture of contrition to your closest ally is easy," said Jeffrey Kingston, director of Asian studies at Temple University's Japan campus in Tokyo.
Many Brazilians have said they wanted to see contrition from the swimmers because, they say, the false claims portrayed Rio grossly on an international stage.
That is the difference between regret as an act of public contrition and regret as an expression of personal disappointment in one's own flagging fortunes.
"The model used to be admit wrongdoing, show complete contrition, and then we give you a second chance," says Macdonald, a "Saturday Night Live" alum.
She went on to become a successful author, and the movement calls for boycotting publishers and distributors of her books ... east until she shows contrition.
Trump's response has been marked by a stunning lack of grace and dignity, let alone contrition or empathy, a response much like the man himself.
Corporate contrition, from both high-profile and small businesses alike, is not rare inasmuch as it's a safety blanket for brands mindful of damage control.
Gilda Cobb-Hunter, a longtime state representative, urged Mr. Biden at a private meeting he held with black Democratic leaders Friday afternoon to show contrition.
But, here's the thing: Trump is absolutely a misogynist and he has made no discernible attempts to repent of it or offer contrition over it.
Just before sentencing Dr. Nassar, the judge read parts of a letter he submitted to the court last week that contrasted with his stated contrition.
While Mr. Papadopoulos deserved a harsher punishment than probation, the judge said, he also deserved credit for trying to cooperate and for his apparent contrition.
The key to contrition, according to public-relations experts, is projecting sincerity, humanity, and a plain-spoken demeanor — the better to convince a cynical public.
Within Iran, as citizens vented anger toward their government, officials offered a mix of contrition and an insistence that Iran was not solely to blame.
Undoubtedly Mr. Johnson has alarmed some of his own lawmakers with his uncompromising language and his refusal to show contrition after the Supreme Court ruling.
Undoubtedly Mr. Johnson has alarmed some of his own lawmakers with his uncompromising language and his refusal to show contrition after the Supreme Court ruling.
Some friends and former advisers appealed to him throughout the day Tuesday and Wednesday that he had to add his explanation and contrition to this.
His attorney told the jury during closing arguments that Runnels did so as his "first act of contrition," but jurors still sentenced him to death.
And yet, as administration officials made the case on Monday for the revised measures, there was no hint of contrition and plenty of reckless fearmongering.
This is going to pass over, we're going to pay our fine or whatever it is and we're going to do our act of contrition.
Last week I wrote that Facebook needd to make a significant act of contrition and humility if it wanted stabilize the sinking morale of its employees.
In a "Liturgy of Remembrance, Contrition and Hope," hosted at Georgetown, the university's president and Jesuit leaders issued emotional mea culpas 179 years in the making.
"Those were some very serious statements of remembrance and contrition," said Onita Estes-Hicks, whose great-grandparents, Nace and Biby Butler, were slaves sold by Georgetown.
Despite his emphatic declarations of remorse and contrition, Cohen shouldn't be surprised if the American people respond to such claims with a giant dose of skepticism.
If that isn't viable, they release carefully worded apologies and do what they can to demonstrate, via photo ops and other performances, their contrition in public.
But once outside it, victims see just a fraction of that, even as schools commission investigations, declare their contrition and promise to do right by them.
The actor Miles Gaston Villanueva does a wonderful job coaxing a lifetime of pain to the surface, where it erupts into sobs of shame and contrition.
On Tuesday one lawmaker, Anna Soubry, wrote on Twitter that Mr. Johnson's "lack of contrition is as shameful as the original error" over Ms. Zaghari-Ratcliffe.
This is not an alien notion; the criminal justice system often takes good behavior and contrition as evidence of transformation that is relevant to one's sentence.
The most notable thing about Scarborough's transformation is that he didn't actually have to atone for his past life beyond, perhaps, a dollop of mild contrition.
He also cries and tells her over and over again, "I owe you one" — a famously articulate communicator unable to summon the basic language of contrition.
The Oregon couple believed this act of contrition was confidential — until Timothy, now 13, found himself arrested, convicted and imprisoned on charges of child sex abuse.
As many have pointed out, there's no sense of contrition from a company that has repeatedly left some of its earliest and most passionate customers disappointed.
This impeachment will be remembered for a President who showed zero contrition for dragging the nation through an agonizing political moment and no sign of wrongdoing.
Since this investigation began, the President has demonstrated no contrition or acknowledgment that his demand for a foreign country to interfere in our election is wrong.
His defense attorney told the jury during closing arguments that Runnel did so as his "first act of contrition," but jurors still sentenced him to death.
Though such displays of contrition have long been part of China's legal landscape, state media have increasingly used them, including in cases involving foreigners accused of crimes.
But his reluctance to take further concrete steps to make things right, despite the contrition he expressed, has forced her to take more drastic action, she says.
To assuage her critics, who say that she has now tainted the work of all of New America's scholars, the ultimate penalty may be more than contrition.
Stumpf used the House appearance Thursday hearing to again express contrition as his own board seeks to claw back $41 million in stock rewards he has earned.
Fox News host Tucker Carlson said Sunday he wouldn't express contrition for comments he'd made on a radio show about women that Media Matters for America highlighted.
During Sunday's debate, Trump showed little contrition, instead doubling down on conspiracy-riddled innuendo, indicating that the Republican candidate is no longer trying to court new voters.
Trump-supporting politicians and columnists have started trying to shame hold-outs into joining them, by casting surrender to the businessman as an act of class contrition.
Once their doping program was outed, senior sports officials seemed to believe that a bit of public contrition coupled with some superficial corrective measures would be enough.
Second, show and summon some real contrition about what has happened with the server and the underlying patterns that have led so many Americans to distrust her.
The five executives "have shown a lack of understanding of their personal and trustee obligations ... and a lack of contrition" for breaching pension-fund laws, APRA added.
"My understanding has always been that one of the prerequisites you look for in giving a pardon is contrition for what you were convicted of," he said.
He has his platform ready, peppered with just enough heartfelt anecdotes and the occasional wink of contrition for his industry's undeniable role in deepening global wealth inequality.
The ashes, a symbol of penance and contrition for Catholics, are made from the burnt palms from the previous year's Palm Sunday celebrations the week before Easter.
The apology offered a rare display of harmony in Parliament, as Mr. Morrison and the opposition leader, Bill Shorten, echoed each other in expressing the nation's contrition.
The sentences meted out to Mr. Shkreli and Mr. Wertkin show that federal judges will not necessarily accept that claims of contrition merit less time in prison.
Bret: I would not have minded if Smollett had gotten off relatively lightly — provided, that is, that he had admitted the charges, shown contrition and begged forgiveness.
While I wholeheartedly agree that there is a shortage of empathy and contrition in our culture today, I'm not so sure if it's endemic only to men.
After the allegations about him broke there were some nice-sounding apologies, promises and gestures, and numerous holiday parties were sacrificed in the name of male contrition.
"This fusion of commercial with contrition doesn't always work [in 'Simply Complicated'], but it's surprising how much brutal honesty we get," wrote Associated Press critic Mark Kennedy.
At Tuesday's meeting, he joined other executives in making a deep bow of contrition for the lives lost and shattered by the company's defective air-bag inflators.
Wells Fargo and its leaders have expressed much contrition about the bank's misdeeds, which included setting up as many as 2 million bank accounts without customers' consent.
In other words, this atonement cannot be a mere show of contrition from a man trying to impress his colleagues or get his career back on track.
"I think it has gone too far, and the government shows no contrition or recognition regarding the established facts," Pound said in an email message on Saturday.
Speaking to reporters Thursday, Mr. Kaine praised Mr. Herring for his contrition and his candor with black legislators, to whom he first revealed his use of blackface.
A legal expert told Forbes that as long as they continue to cooperate with authorities and show contrition, the women will likely be fined and possibly given probation.
"She was talking to me real strong, and I lost my mind and slapped her in front of the kids," Howard, told Rolling Stone in 2015, expressing contrition.
The dual scandals of possible tax evasion and boasts of sexual assault caught on a hot mic would have prompted contrition, clarity, and humility from a typical candidate.
Anti-Semitism and racism find a voice in this right wing, populist party, that condemns German contrition for its Nazi past and decries the proliferation of Holocaust memorials.
Let's be clear: Axl Rose isn't supposed to do apologies, express contrition, or anything that would lump Axl Rose in with the rest of the oxygen-inhaling world.
Trump risked offending another ally when he declined to offer contrition for the White House's implication that British intelligence agencies had helped the Obama administration spy on him.
Saying "I'm sorry" is never easy, which is why resorting to giving a loved one the obligatory bouquet of flowers as an act of contrition is often necessary.
The press is perfectly well equipped, and equally within the bounds of good practice, to close ranks around Jacobs, hound Gianforte, demand contrition, mark him for extraordinary scrutiny.
He expressed contrition and said he was motivated only by a desire to be a team player and had not adjusted rates to suit his own trading book.
Some sincere contrition, a request for mercy, an appeal to a longtime bond, a reminder of physical chemistry and voilá — he's sweet-talked his way to another chance.
The political class of post-reunification Germany pursued European integration with a curious mix of economic imperialism, cultural arrogance and heartfelt contrition for Nazi crimes against Eastern Europe.
Natalia Zhelanova — the antidoping adviser to the Russian sports minister, Vitaly Mutko — took to Twitter this month to advance the country's message, a mix of contrition and determination.
The situation snowballed, as scandals do, and the following May, Tressel resigned, published a statement of unequivocal contrition and released Ohio State from potential disputes over his contract.
It was Price's most public contrition yet, as Democrats have called for him to resign and President Trump has left the secretary's future with the administration in doubt.
But Mr. Trump's contrition and efforts at fence-mending went only so far: He ignored reporters' questions on Friday about his derogatory remarks about African countries this month.
Mr. Flynn's lawyers said that his contrition, lengthy military service and willingness to aid the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, should warrant a sentence of only probation.
Smollett, who was accused of staging a hate crime against himself, expressed no contrition after all the charges against him were curiously dropped and his court file sealed.
He expressed contrition for a comment he made that suggested he left his wife with a majority of the child rearing while he was on the campaign trail.
On Wednesday, after President Trump's personal appeal to China's president, Xi Jinping, led to the players' release and return to California, the players read prepared statements of contrition.
He expressed no contrition about the reporting he did in Twin Falls, though many of the conclusions that he drew on the radio and online have been debunked.
"We apologize to this publication," Dmitry S. Peskov, the president's press secretary, said Friday, according to the Interfax news agency — a rare step of contrition for the Kremlin.
As notes of contrition go, these landed on on the nebulous end of mistakes were made and did little to actually explain who screwed up, how or why.
Chris Christie, Rudolph W. Giuliani, Reince Priebus — emphasized the gravity of the situation, urging Mr. Trump to express contrition, Mr. Kushner reminded him of what he had built.
It was also a message to the FARC, who needed to show real contrition in order to demonstrate to Colombians the authenticity of their commitment to the agreement.
For the purposes of the focus here, let's take a look at three things: Politico's specific policy on the issue, contrition by the reporter and accountability from management.
Staley has attempted to show contrition, publicly apologizing for his actions and saying his actions were motivated by a desire to prevent what he thought was an unfair attack.
In fact, most presidents would have shown humility and contrition after an impeachment battle, especially one in which a member of your own party historically votes to convict you.
Members of the Bey Hive are vexed by Jay-Z's focus on his infidelity and are questioning both his contrition and the potential aspersions it could cast on Beyoncé.
Fenced in by barbed wire, she grabs at the wire in an instinctive act of self-punishment, a look of dazed contrition on her cold mask of a face.
Janet Merlo, who served on the force for 20 years starting in 1991, expressed gratitude for Commissioner Paulson's public contrition and optimism for his expressed commitment to culture change.
"[Abe] won't go as far as to apologize, but there will be a demonstration of contrition," Jeffrey Kingston, director of Asian studies at Temple University's Japan campus, tells Reuters.
Once, in a strange fit of contrition, she said to me: 'For you I would have to be a saint, but I can't become holy without a mortal sin.
And he can't fake contrition, he can't fake hopefulness, he can't fake ... other than saying, "America's great and we're going to be winning," that's the end of that line.
Minegishi's very public self-shaming exercise (head shaving is a traditional form of showing contrition in Japan) came after a newspaper released pictures of her leaving her boyfriend's apartment.
God is the primary reality, and out of that flows a set of values and experiences: prayer, praise, charity, contrition, grace and the desire to grow closer toward holiness.
But despite the show of contrition on Facebook's part and the promise of reforms, Zuckerberg and Sandberg insist the problem is not the social media platform's underlying business model.
Staley has attempted to show contrition, publicly apologising for his actions and saying his actions were motivated by a desire to prevent what he thought was an unfair attack.
Mr. Biden's decision not to express contrition underscores a central question in the 2020 race: Do Democrats want a candidate who can beat Mr. Trump at his own game?
Trump knows nothing of contrition, but take his moments of desperation as proof that the world has not completely gone mad, that sin still has the ability to convict.
The case for tougher enforcement is present and compelling, and now is the time for bipartisan action to bring a semblance of control, if not contrition, to Big Tech.
With some hesitation, Mr. Howard said of his decision, "It was, a little bit, kind of a, what the —" here he let fly an expletive, then immediately expressed contrition.
It's embarrassing for me to talk about contrition, because it's self-focused, as if the thing that really matters is my sense of responsibility and not who Patrick is.
Despite all that, the law enforcement officers had not "deliberately beaten him to death," Mr. Lei had resisted the law and the officers had shown contrition, the announcement said.
Ms. Warren apologized to the Cherokee Nation last week, after months of resisting her own advisers and staff, some of whom had called for her to show contrition earlier.
At a news conference after his arrest, Nasibullah again expressed contrition and begged for his release, promising not to return to the madrasa where he had twice been trained.
Kidd said that as Pell had maintained his innocence, which was his right, he had not shown remorse or contrition for his actions and that his sentence reflected that.
Much depends on whether Merkel's contrition will win over her critics in the CSU, focused more squarely on their party's performance on its Bavarian home turf than on national politics.
The acts of contrition sparked a backlash in the LDP among a younger generation including Abe, who felt their elders were selling out and adopting a "masochist" view of history.
During this period, says Isaia Sales, a historian from Naples, the church was much too quick to offer Christian "forgiveness" to perpetrators of violence who showed no sign of contrition.
Right away, Trump aired his grievances but it came with a side of contrition, especially when put up against all the nasty things Trump has previously said about the Times.
He expressed no contrition for virtually any of the statements and actions that have alienated voters, from denigrating a federal judge in racial terms to mocking a reporter's physical handicap.
Bergdahl's guilty plea, along with the contrition he expressed in his testimony, shows he understands the error of his ways now better than he did then, Banks told the judge.
What judges really want to hear is an expression of contrition, word that the defendant is sorry for any harm caused while promising never to engage in such misconduct again.
But such a diagnosis would be too generous to the lecherous, desperate fuckwits who gleefully throw fuel onto these non-stories and demand contrition while the world burns around them.
Reed's lack of contrition rankled many people in golf, some of whom wanted him to commit a kind of double jeopardy: to accept his two-shot penalty and apologize, too.
He was trying to interpret Fiachra's tone—whether it contained a buried note of contrition or at least an awareness of his having, from Bobby's perspective, rejected him for Jess.
Whatever the quality of the interview, it was conducted on WWE's terms, wholly and explicitly, and that lent Hayes' act of contrition the slight air of a Maoist self-criticism session.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai told employees Tuesday that the company's contrition for handling of past sexual harassment didn't go far enough and promised to take a "much harder line" going forward.
But rather than attempt to contain the fallout with sincere contrition, Trump signaled Sunday in the most sensational way imaginable that he will subject Clinton to the most agonizing personal indignities.
Jackson could have demanded that Trump first show some genuine contrition for his long list of awful deeds, which also includes preying on the needy through the so-called Trump University.
How far she plans on taking this persona is anyone's guess, as well as if the internet-public is willing to allow her contrition (that is, if she even seeks it).
He also offered some advice to Trump, outlining two "templates" that the investigation could follow: Watergate or the probe into Iran-Contra, a scandal for which President Ronald Reagan expressed contrition.
But, once Hunt gets through that ban ... Whitlock says he's got no problem with an NFL team picking the 23-year-old up -- IF the RB gets help and shows contrition.
The crude remarks rippled across the internet and were followed shortly thereafter with a note of contrition, an attack on Lizza and the ouster of Reince Priebus as chief of staff.
" Another prosecutor, Howard S. Master, on Tuesday questioned the authenticity of Mr. Silver's contrition, noting he had insisted that he would be exonerated "until the very moment of the jury's verdict.
Both Arpaio and Libby were convicted, and neither man ever expressed a syllable of responsibility or contrition – the bedrock requirement for one to even be considered the honor of a pardon.
In 2011, the Catholic Church endorsed an app called Confession, which included tools for tracking sins users commit, a step-by-step guide to the sacrament, and seven options for contrition.
Contrition and remorse for their youthful antics are almost too present in the book, I felt, because the gesture serves as a stand-in for a deeper self-scrutiny and disclosure.
It is in those moments that we are reminded of what normal felt like, when an apology or explanation was compelled, and politicians confronted their foibles with some degree of contrition.
Mr. Zuckerberg's trip to Brussels will be another stop on what has been has been a lengthy contrition tour meant to stem the public outcry over Facebook's handling of user data.
But Mr. Buttigieg's attempts at damage control, in the form of readily voiced contrition and community meetings that were raw and chaotic, may be more convincing to voters nationally than locally.
The Chinese government has said that suspects of crimes who return from abroad, including officials and their relatives accused of graft, have often come back voluntarily, offering extravagant contrition for their misdeeds.
Either way, slavery remains America's "original sin," and we have never fully compensated or shown appropriate contrition for the role the US played in the human calamity that is institutionalized human slavery.
It's a refreshing message in a time when some men accused of sexual misconduct have acted like they're owed a return to their high-profile careers after only minimal gestures of contrition.
" Never particularly modest, she claimed the power to bring people to their knees, sobbing in an agony of contrition, or to "make them skip about the aisles, singing and shouting with joy.
But evidence filed with these documents shows a new version of Welch, one who—despite headline and after headline describing his contrition—was ready and willing to end the lives of innocents.
Over and over on Tuesday, Mr. Snyder expressed contrition, referring to the matter as a "crisis" and "catastrophe," saying "mistakes" had been made and promising to pray for the people of Flint.
In 2013 Minami Minegishi, of the all-girl group AKB48, shaved her head and made a tear-stained act of contrition after being snapped emerging from a tryst at her boyfriend's apartment.
Realizing that this was hard on people—essentially, they had wasted their money—the Church declared that purchasers of the new indulgences did not have to make confession or even exhibit contrition.
Blacktivist even feigned contrition and humility when criticized by a savvy black pastor and civil rights activist in Baltimore who rightly suspected the account wasn't quite as homegrown as it made out.
Then their boss, Guo Shengkun, the minister of public security, rose to offer contrition, vowing to make his officers "even more steadfastly and conscientiously" obedient to Mr. Xi and other party leaders.
In each instance, it has been less than a year since the allegations against these men surfaced, and in each instance, the men have done little in the way of public contrition.
Over 430 pages, Garcia shows exactly what he is up against; the lack of contrition, in Russia and Qatar, in response to the report's publication proves how slow the going will be.
Prosecutors in the admissions case have tried their best to turn the defendants' sentencing presentations against them, suggesting that they point to a lack of contrition and a determination to avoid punishment.
For the conductor Riccardo Chailly, La Scala's new music director, reviving the original version is partly an act of contrition, a symbolic apology to Puccini for the historic rebuff 112 years ago.
But, this is something that black voters must contend with: politicians who do harm through policy to black communities, then come forward with admissions and contrition when they need black people's votes.
Breakingviews When the world's most powerful chief executive is renowned for never apologizing, it takes a special form of incompetence to be upstaged in the contrition department by President Trump's White House.
But, I refuse to believe that the totality of the Republican Party system is corrupt beyond the possibility of contrition, that every single Republican senator would turn their backs on the country.
In her lawsuit, Taylor alleges Brown sexually assaulted her twice in June 2017 and -- after Brown allegedly expressed contrition and they resumed communication -- raped her at his Florida home in May 2018.
"What I'd like to see from the administrator, frankly, is some contrition and admission that maybe he's gone too far, if he believes that, and maybe a plan for improvement," said Rep.
Though he'll be thoroughly prepped by his army of personal and corporate lawyers, it'll be interesting to see if he balances the unconvincing contrition written in the public note with additional policy changes.
In one, farmers and local officials in a district near Tashkent, the capital, were made to stand in a watery ditch, heads bowed, to show contrition for failing to irrigate wheat fields properly.
"I want Mr. Blankenship to say he's sorry, I want him to feel contrition, I want him to feel compassion," said Dr. Judy Jones Petersen, whose brother Dean Jones died in the explosion.
Alas, that is not what Mr. Mutko had in mind, and his statement is far from demonstrating any acknowledgment, much less contrition, about the widespread state-sponsored doping of which Russia stands accused.
Protesters, who occupied the airport for five days - disrupting flights on Monday and Tuesday - mostly withdrew by daybreak, with several groups issuing statements blending contrition for the chaos with defiance of the authorities.
The actor subsequently apologized, while his co-star, Ali (a 2016 Oscar winner for "Moonlight"), issued a statement acknowledging that using the word was inappropriate while saying he accepted Mortensen's apology and contrition.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Donald J. Trump on Thursday expressed regret for making statements that have "caused personal pain," a rare display of contrition that followed the shake-up of his campaign's leadership this week.
Marshall was formed by the Book of Common Prayer and its biblical ideas about flawed human beings, the need for contrition and repentance, and renewal with humility and gratitude for mercy and grace.
Mr. Xi went out of his way to express sympathy for the plight of the region's residents and, unusually in a political system that rarely acknowledges mistakes, to express something close to contrition.
He went to an evangelical church on Sunday to seek public contrition — and to shore up his political base among conservatives, who make up a key voting bloc of his New Progressive Party.
One possible defense would be for Trump to show contrition -- a move that would allow Republicans in a Senate trial to bemoan the behavior but argue it does not meet the impeachment test.
Then again, it wasn't out of step with President Trump, whose weekend tweet appeared to promote violence against CNN — which, some argued, violated Twitter's harassment policies — certainly undercut Mr. Gianforte's message of contrition.
" Mr. Starr said in a statement to news organizations: "I join the Board of Regents and the Senior Administration of the University in expressing heartfelt contrition for the tragedy and sadness that has unfolded.
Mitesh Patel said Young's contrition over the crime and his work to help others in prison were among the factors that led him and other family members to support clemency, the Texas Tribune reported.
I was naive enough to believe that I had put this chapter of my life behind me — a period in which I exhibited very poor judgment and endured the consequences with humility and contrition.
When they meet, they need to go beyond contrition and promises, and radically transform the secretive, privileged, all-male clerical culture that controls the Church and that allowed the abuse to proliferate and persist.
Although the flight of executives is a means to show contrition for the incident, the company may still face consequences from regulators: the FTC has confirmed that it is investigating the circumstances of the breach.
In January, Mr. Gui was shown on Chinese television news saying that he had returned to China willingly, out of contrition over violating a probationary sentence for a deadly drunken-driving accident there in 2003.
Expressions of contrition from foreign designers and CEOs were paraded across social-media sites, joined by resignation letters from Chinese celebrities, noisily quitting as envoys for errant brands and stressing their love for the motherland.
And it wouldn't be much of a show of contrition anyway—a team that finished 1-103 last year is not going to magically become a bowl team over the course of one offseason. 24.
Trump tried to stop the bleeding on Tuesday, with a statement to the press in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, during which the notoriously loathe-to-retreat president sounded a note of contrition.
Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, issued a statement late Friday night calling on Mr. Trump to express contrition — and possibly offering other Senate Republicans cover to disavow the nominee if he refused to apologize.
NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - When the world's most powerful chief executive is renowned for never apologizing, it takes a special form of incompetence to be upstaged in the contrition department by Donald Trump's White House.
That Mr. Timberlake was deemed fit for this rehabilitation has less to do with contrition on his part than the presumption that whiteness is resilient armor, and also the convenience of having a nonwhite scapegoat.
"Cardinal Wuerl has spoken extensively over the past two months, conveyed his profound sadness, apologies and contrition, and addressed every issue as it has arisen in a straightforward and transparent manner," said McFadden, Wuerl's spokeman.
"Cardinal Wuerl has spoken extensively over the past two months, conveyed his profound sadness, apologies and contrition, and addressed every issue as it has arisen in a straightforward and transparent manner," McFadden said last month.
The apology, announced in December along with a $400 million strategy to combat the epidemic and "provide material assistance and support" for victims, amounted to a rare public act of contrition by the United Nations.
The actress—who spoke at the Women's March in January and has been a vocal supporter of the Time's Up campaign to end sexual violence and abuse—expressed contrition to Buzzfeed over her former views.
Melania, 48, ignored a question from reporters traveling with her on her tour as she prepared to fly out from Washington, D.C. A member of the press pool had asked if she would accept Cohen's contrition.
"Instead of self-victimizing and self-aggrandizing, instead of being spiteful and vindictive, President Trump could have used his nationally televised speech to show some contrition and unite the nation," said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
Former Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron visited Amritsar at the end of a trade mission to India four years ago in a show of contrition over the massacre but stopped short of making a formal apology.
British Columbia's privacy commissioner, Michael McEvoy, seems intent to follow a similar course of action, stating that he's seeking "the ability to levy meaningful fines" against the social giant for its years of empty contrition.[WaPo]
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani exaggerated Donald Trump's contrition for exceptionally crude comments he made about women in 2005, falsely claiming that the Republican presidential nominee has "very, very clearly" expressed his shame and embarrassment.
Making matters much worse, the president spoke to the nation that night and, instead of speaking from contrition, lashed out at the independent counsel, Kenneth Starr, for leading what Donald Trump might call a witch hunt.
But Prince also played guitar on "Act of Contrition" and "Keep It Together" from Like a Prayer, and reportedly offered her his song "By Alien Means," according to Matt Thorne in Prince: The Man and His Music.
Simon Cowell made a surprise return on the American Idol finale, after all – and the show's legendary bad-boy finally offered up a little contrition for all the mean things he said to contestants over the years.
In a rare moment of contrition, MoviePass CEO Mitch Lowe admitted misleading both consumers and advertising execs with statements last week that the company tracks the location of users before and after they go to the movies.
Both Mylan CEO Heather Bresch and Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf were unprepared and did not show genuine contrition, said Jeff Sonnenfeld, senior associate dean for leadership studies at Yale School of Management and a CNBC contributor.
Jeffrey Kingston, the director of Asian Studies at Temple University in Tokyo, predicted that Aki Abe's visit to Pearl Harbor would be well received in the US. "She prayed and made a gesture of contrition," Kingston said.
But the domestic violence episode — along with the fact that Chapman, who was not charged, showed no contrition in his initial interview with the news media here — has left some Cubs fans uncomfortable in rooting for him.
An open letter to China's Supreme Court, signed by 12 leading Chinese legal scholars and lawyers and posted online on Monday, argued that the court's sentence glossed over local corruption and Mr. Jia's contrition for his crime.
Mark Zuckerberg may have walked into his testimony in Brussels before European lawmakers today with a script full of contrition, but as it turns out, he didn't have to answer for any of his company's numerous misdeeds.
Despite putting his name on a statement in which he expressed regret — but did not apologize — for his comments about Mr. Trump's son, he resisted uttering any words of contrition until an unusual statement on Sunday morning.
"After 20 years of investigation, the execution is adequate — although some people say we should hear more from them" in terms of contrition, said Masaharu Yamada, a former police officer who investigated the attacks by the group.
In the cellphone recording, Conditt, 23, refers to himself as a "psychopath" and shows no contrition for carrying out a nearly three-week-long bombing spree that left two people dead and spread fear across the city.
Or is it taking you a little time to find the right words to express that perfect combination of contrition, give-no-fucks charm, and an assertion that no, really, you can jump a lot farther than that?
If you're the sort of person who likes public nose picking, farting in lifts, or swiping priority bus seats from pensioners, then Novak's latest statement of contrition should serve as the blueprint for every apology you ever make.
Munoz later struck a tone of contrition, telling ABC's "Good Morning America" on Wednesday that he felt "ashamed" over the incident and vowed never again to let law enforcement remove "a booked, paid, seated passenger" from a plane.
The meeting was confirmed by the EU parliament's president this week, and is the latest stop on Zuckerberg's contrition tour, following the Cambridge Analytics data misuse story that blew up into a major public scandal in mid March.
No matter where Cormier and Jones fight in April and no matter who wins, what is guaranteed to happen next is yet another display of contrition by Jones as part of his eternally recurring Jekyll and Hyde routine.
The Democratic candidate declared that her opponent continued minimize the significance of a 2005 recording of Trump making lewd comments about groping women by calling it "locker room talk" instead of admitting he was wrong and expressing contrition.
In a two-hour interview in the ministry last week, sitting alongside a large Russian flag and a grand window with Corinthian columns, Mr. Mutko expressed a range of emotions: defiance, contrition, indignation and shades of hesitant acceptance.
Mr. Greitens, who has asked the people of the state for forgiveness, has made a series of calls to legislators showing contrition, reiterating his denial of any blackmail effort and assuring them there is nothing more to come.
"House of Z" ventures inside Mr. Posen's atelier to chronicle his comeback — in addition to his own three labels, he is the creative director of the Brooks Brothers women's collection — filled with contrition, forgiveness and impossibly beautiful clothes.
There's even a Gmail plug-in that is supposed to help us quit this apparently self-destructive habit by policing our emails for signs of excessive contrition, underlining anything of an overly apologetic nature in angry red wiggles.
His refusal to express contrition or cooperate with the United Nations investigation of war crimes earned Mr. Rajapaksa rebukes in the West — but it led also to his deification at home as the defender of the Sinhalese majority.
In a 2,000-word open letter released through the Vatican's media outlet and addressed "to the People of God," Francis personally expressed deep contrition on behalf of the church for both the abuse and its decades-long cover-up.
"I have two boys, so I want to be in a world where grown men model compassion and decency and also contrition when it's called for, and I certainly tell them to own their mistakes when they make them."
"The failure to understand that the sexual abuse of a child was a crime with profound impacts for the victim, and not a mere moral failure capable of correction by contrition and penance ... is almost incomprehensible," the report said.
In a deeply personal memorandum that expressed Mr. Cohen's contrition and shame, defense lawyers portrayed him as a man whose personal and professional lives had been shattered, and who had harmed himself legally while trying to protect Mr. Trump.
Several members on the call later told me they expected their leader to offer some show of contrition, an inventory of mistakes made or, at minimum, an acknowledgment that responsibility for the previous night's disaster began at the top.
To no one's surprise there was no sign of the "humility" or "contrition" many, including his own supporters, called for in response to the devastating video released on Friday showing Trump bragging about groping women in the most vile terms.
Dedicated fighter She avoided any show of contrition for controversies like the one over the private email server she used for official business while secretary of state that has again provoked questions about her honesty and integrity among many voters.
By prematurely offering to work with Trump before he has shown even the slightest bit of contrition—before he has even filled out his sure-to-be controversial cabinet—congressional Democrats are hollowing out the argument they made for months.
Gianforte, a wealthy technology executive who won Montana's lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in a special election May 25, also issued a public apology to the reporter, Ben Jacobs, that went further than his previous statements of contrition.
This week Upton, 67, finally got an opportunity to express his contrition and formally apologize for the atrocities carried out by Forsyth to the direct descendents of the victims at their home on the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota.
Louis C.K.'s statement of contrition comes as Mel Gibson, who was not long ago widely shunned by Hollywood, co-stars in a newly released family comedy, "Daddy's Home 2" -- a scenario that once would have sounded improbable at best.
If his performances during recent cross examinations -- like the one conducted last month by CNN's Laurie Segall -- are any indication of what's to come, the Facebook founder will offer a mix of contrition, obfuscation and the promise of future action.
And then there was Almena's performance at the hearing — his apparent lack of contrition, his offer to sacrifice the lives of his own son and daughters and the thought that he would tattoo their dead children's names on his skin.
Rather than provide the usual bland, boilerplate contrition, Louis C. K. clearly acknowledged and explained every facet of his wrongdoing and its impact on his victims, and did so with more insight than was reflected in many of the press accounts.
"I am well aware that no amount of money will ever heal the scars of abuse, but this program is a concrete expression of our contrition and our desire to make amends," Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio said in a written statement.
It was a way to give Trump a final opportunity to show genuine contrition, and to demonstrate that he was serious about trying to appeal to independent voters crucial to the battle for the House, not just his die-hard fans.
Facebook executives visiting Europe last month made a public show of contrition about the social media giant's slow response to abuses on its platform, seeking to avoid further legislation similar to a new hate speech law in Germany it says goes too far.
But with the leak of the stop-and-frisk audio, Trump escalated his attacks further, calling Bloomberg "RACIST" in a since-deleted tweet, and suggesting to reporters at the White House that the former mayor's contrition about the policy stemmed from political expediency.
In a humiliating act of contrition last month, Trudeau had to apologize not just for wearing blackface during a school event nearly two decades ago, but admitting he had no idea how many times he had chosen to do so in his life.
To the Editor: Re "Facebook Chief Faces Hostile Congress as Calls for Regulation Mount" (Business Day, April 12): After two days of testimony by Mark Zuckerberg, I would give him an A for contrition, but an F for the security of private information.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Reuters) - The federal judge in the trial of U.S. President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort expressed contrition on Thursday to jurors after berating prosecutors for allowing a witness to watch the proceedings, despite having given his earlier approval.
That represented a rare moment of contrition from a leader who has mocked his non-Zulu opponents' pronunciation of Nkandla - rolling his eyes in parliament and dragging out the main syllable, 'Nkaaaaaaaandla' - and has criticized "clever blacks" for getting upset about the issue.
The reasons for contrition so far have included living under a blue sky (China's skies are chronically polluted); eating clean food (food safety is a major challenge in China); and locking the door when using the toilet (not always done on the mainland).
"I am well aware that no amount of money will ever heal the scars of abuse, but this program is a concrete expression of our contrition and our desire to make amends," Nicholas DiMarzio, the Bishop of Brooklyn, said in a video statement.
He also said that Gurriel's statement of contrition was a factor and that he wanted Gurriel to feel the financial impact of the penalty, which would not have happened in the World Series because of the manner in which players receive their salaries.
Mr. Chowaiki expressed contrition during his sentencing in court and cited desperation as the reason for his actions, Bloomberg reported Mr. Chowaiki founded the Park Avenue gallery in 2004 but lost control of it in November 2017 when the business filed for bankruptcy.
LONDON — Battling to hold on as prime minister of Britain after losing her majority in Parliament in the election last week, Theresa May shored up her position on Monday by expressing contrition to fellow Conservative Party lawmakers and promising to consult them more.
If the President paid attention to the yawning gender gap in Tuesday's results -- with 59% of women supporting Democrats and 33% backing Republicans -- he showed no sign of self-reflection or contrition during his self-described victory lap at a news conference Wednesday.
On Friday, Mr. Trump unleashed a barrage of bellicose Twitter posts on the Comey firing, but the first had a whisper of contrition, a backhanded admission that he had sent his team out to defend him with flawed, inaccurate and easily debunked information.
"Cardinal Wuerl has spoken extensively over the past two months, conveyed his profound sadness, apologies and contrition, and addressed every issue as it has arisen in a straightforward and transparent manner," said Edward McFadden, director of communications for the Archdiocese of Washington.
"What I would like to see from the Administrator frankly is some contrition and admission that there are some things that have gone too far, if he believes that, and a plan for improvement," Cramer said, according to NBC News's Alex Moe.
Rep Kevin Cramer (R-ND) on Pruitt hearing tomorrow: What I would like to see from the Administrator frankly is some contrition and admission that there are some things that have gone too far, if he believes that, and a plan for improvement.
But the expression of contrition from Representative Devin Nunes of California, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, to members of the panel did little to quiet criticism from Democrats who said he had proved himself unable to conduct an unbiased inquiry.
Mr. Sanders — who is loath to drift from his unrelenting focus on policy issues and for years has grumbled about the press's focus on what he calls "political gossip" — plainly recognizes that he must show contrition for what took place in 2016.
As I and many other journalists have observed previously, the contenders are engaged in a frenzy of contrition for mistakes and insufficiently progressive positions past, and while there's laudable humility (along with plentiful calculation) in that, it sometimes has a desperate ring.
But as the end of the year approaches, a gloom is enveloping Silicon Valley, and it's making for unusual shows of contrition, internal debates in board rooms, and insurgent attempts to change the Wall Street system that keeps delivering bad news to Silicon Valley.
Facebook executives visiting Europe last month made a public show of contrition about the social media giant's slow response to abuses on its platform, seeking to avoid further legislation along the lines of a new hate speech law in Germany it says goes too far.
But rather than appealing to women with thoughtful words of contrition or an explanation of how he had changed, Trump again merely dismissed his 2005 comments about women as "locker room banter," before veering incoherently into a tangent about ISIS and beheadings around the world.
IF PEOPLE in the eastern half of Europe were as devoted to their faith, and as convinced of God's existence, as they tell pollsters, then one would expect the region to be pervaded, at this time of year, by an atmosphere of contrition and repentance.
Ultimately it seems that Facebook should be the one taking responsibility for this massive oversight, but as Mark Zuckerberg's performance in the Capitol emphasized, it's not really clear what taking responsibility looks like other than an appearance of contrition and promises to do better.
United CEO apologizes for 'truly horrific' passenger incident Munoz later struck a tone of contrition, telling ABC's "Good Morning America" that he felt "ashamed" over the incident and vowed never again to let law enforcement remove "a booked, paid, seated passenger" from a plane.
"Watching last night's White House event and listening to the President again cast doubt on veracity of Dr. Ford's claims, while not hearing a word of contrition from the newest justice, was difficult for many Americans who have experienced sexual misconduct firsthand," Roth added.
Perhaps more importantly, it's hard to imagine that the much more important factor surrounding the email scandal — FBI Director James Comey's last-minute letter claiming the existence of new evidence in the case — hinged one way or another on Clinton's level of contrition months beforehand.
Johnson is a man who often seems repulsed by the very notion of fidelity, yet the moral demands of public office force even him to adopt a gossamer-thin pose of contrition from time to time, rendering him a kind of fuckboy in softboi's clothing.
While she used the forum to apologize to "anyone that was offended," the senator, who was appointed earlier this year to fill the seat vacated by the ailing Thad Cochran, quickly pivoted from contrition to confrontation in a statement that she recited from practice.
Dr. Mitchell, a former contract psychologist for the C.I.A., expressed no regrets or contrition, tearfully saying he did it for the American people at a time when President George W. Bush's administration feared a follow-on attack by airplane or nuclear bomb to the Sept.
Mr. Pence, who used the false information provided by Mr. Flynn to defend him in a series of television appearances, was incensed at Mr. Flynn's lack of contrition for repeatedly embarrassing him by withholding the information, according to three administration officials familiar with the situation.
Speaker 212: Let's say that you guys do run a company and that the culture does change, isn't the message that goes to everyone else is that it could be this bad but as long as you show contrition, people you will be fine.
KELLY EVANS: THANK YOU ONE OF THE THINGS THE PUBLIC AND EVEN YOUR INVESTORS ARE SAYING THEY'RE NOT HEARING FROM YOU IS CONTRITION ARE YOU ADMITTING TO ANY WRONG DOING OR FAULT MUILENBURG: WELL, FIRST OF ALL WE ARE VERY, VERY SORRY FOR BOTH OF THESE ACCIDENTS.
By now, though, tales of Uber's broken culture have been splashed across front webpages, new CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is a public contrition pro, and former CEO Travis Kalanick, the guy who allegedly drove the whole "win at all costs" ethos from the top, is, well, former.
But there are dire consequences for American society if we accept the line conservative pundits Rod Dreher and Erick Erickson argue — that assaults are no big deal and should be forgiven even without the accuser even showing contrition, and that victims should be dismissed as liars.
The Russian federation's woes worsened last week when the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), the global body overseeing integrity in the sport, said the organization had shown a "total lack of contrition" in its response to the Lysenko case and recommended that it be expelled from global athletics.
If the onstage apology is shorter than the post-show afterparty, it will make clear that the contrition tours of 2017 and 2018 have been little more than lip service, and we can expect more of the same old fuckups and same old promises to do better.
The Russian federation's woes worsened last week when the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), the global body overseeing integrity in the sport, said the organization had shown a "total lack of contrition" in its response to the Lysenko case and recommended that it be expelled from global athletics.
But, whether followed by expressions of contrition or sanitized by the euphemism "the n-word," its use by others, including the former President of the United States, keeps forcing all of us to deal with that hateful (to some), endearing (to some) and confusing (to many) word.
In light of Mr. Mejia's contrition, his commitment to comply with the Program in the future, and the fact that he will have already spent almost four consecutive years suspended without pay, I have decided to grant Mr. Mejia a final chance to resume his professional career.
He went to therapy, but what finally changed him for good was watching Scialfa give birth: "This small hospital room would be the great house of your contrition, of a life's happy penance, except there is no time for your [expletive] here," he wrote about himself.
Mr. Trump demonstrated that a presidential candidate could violate many political norms — slurring and insulting groups of people, attacking and belittling fellow Republicans, offering few policy details, refusing to release his tax returns — and still win the office without expressing much in the way of contrition.
Several Republicans, including two who still talk to Trump, told me that they thought nothing short of a bended-knee expression of contrition would do, an admission that he's had a problem with women, and that he's a better man now than he was in 2005.
Muilenburg, with an entire row of crash victims' family members behind him, underscored his contrition and dedication to safety while also batting aside requests that he back changes to the Federal Aviation Administration's practice of allowing aircraft certification tasks to be largely performed by Boeing's own engineers.
It was a rare moment of contrition for Trump, who has previously said he has never asked God for forgiveness and who told CNN's Anderson Cooper on Tuesday that one of the most recent apologies he could remember was to his mother years ago for using foul language.
In a 6,000-word internal memo from late September leaked to Cheddar's Alex Heath, Spiegel attempts to revive employee morale with philosophy, tactics and contrition as Snap's share price sinks to an all-time low of around $8 — half its IPO price and a third of its peak.
Zuckerberg and Facebook are essentially playing rope-a-dope with regulators, absorbing as many blows as possible in a short period of time in the hopes that the pace of activity, coupled with a heavy dose of contrition, will keep Congress and the Federal Trade Commission at bay.
News Analysis CAMBRIDGE, England — To the last, there was no contrition, no plea for forgiveness, no scintilla of regret for the 100,000 lives lost and tens of thousands of families crushed in the blood bath in Bosnia that his obsessions unleashed nearly a quarter of a century ago.
In the wake of the mail bomb spree carried out by one of his superfans, who targeted a who's-who of people Trump has vilified, the President made no statement of contrition for his years-long campaign of rage and instead stressed that the media should change its ways.
There have been nearly as many false pivots as real crises: Mr. Trump was expected to adopt a kinder-gentler attitude after an "Access Hollywood" recording of him making lewd comments about women surfaced last fall, but after a short statement of contrition he went back on the attack.
LONDON — In a rare public moment of contrition for a member of Britain's royal family, Prince Andrew said this week that it was wrong for him to have stayed at the Manhattan townhouse of Jeffrey Epstein after the financier had served time for soliciting a minor for prostitution.
While companies have been accused of being too quick to dismiss or gloss over such situations in the past, some are now wondering -- depending on where their allegiances lie -- if they are reacting too rashly, producing a petition in support of Gunn, who has expressed regret and contrition for his postings.
In what became, for both of them, their most energetic debate in months, Mr. Biden and Ms. Warren teamed up to confront Mr. Bloomberg about his record on policing, challenging his expressions of contrition about his years of strong support for invasive searches that disproportionately targeted black and Hispanic men.
Mr. Biden's comments on Tuesday were the latest in a recent series of incremental concessions, as he has seemed to move closer to unconditional contrition for the aggressive questioning Ms. Hill faced from an all-male, all-white Senate Judiciary Committee about claims that Justice Thomas had sexually harassed her.
Trump, reading from prepared remarks Thursday night, acknowledged that he sometimes says "the wrong thing" in an astonishing act of contrition that signaled Trump's willingness to break from his characteristic brashness and bare-knuckles style that carried him to victory in the Republican primaries, but risks dooming him in the general election.
While admitting her mistake, Sharapova has hardly been full of contrition and has criticized the International Tennis Federation (ITF) for failing to notify her that Meldonium, a medication she said she had used for a number of years to treat health issues, had indeed been flagged up by WADA as 'performance enhancing'.
Expressing remorse At odds with much Japanese behavior of recent years, ranging from Prime Ministerial visits to the Yasukuni Shrine, which enshrines war criminals among others, to whitewashing Japanese atrocities in school textbooks, Akihito has been expressing remorse and making gestures of repentance that convey Japan's contrition regarding the nation's regional rampage.
Yet when Mr. Blankenship emerged last year from his one-year sentence for conspiracy to violate mine safety laws, rather than express remorse or contrition over the tragedy, he announced a run for the United States Senate, in a state where coal has been as much a cultural identity as an economic one.
"I left the White House $16 million in debt," Clinton said, in an interview that NBC's "Today" aired on Monday, batting back questions about whether he had demonstrated sufficient contrition for converting a 22-year-old's romantic idolization of him into sexual favors and setting off a sequence of events that savaged her.
"I ask you ... for prayers for me, for forgiveness for my errors in judgment, for my inadequacies, and also for your acceptance of my contrition for any suffering I have caused, as well as the grace to find, with you, ways of healing, ways of offering fruitful guidance in this darkness," Wuerl wrote.
The couple never faced jail time or a major fine (though smuggling animals into Australia can be a serious crime), but they were forced to appear in a video that's an instant schadenfreude classic, a terrific example of the rich and beautiful being reduced to a pair of jerks who can't even fake contrition for 40 seconds.
Even so, the social network, which is making a tour of contrition after accusations that it actively suppresses conservative content, said it would make some changes to Trending Topics, including no longer referring to a list of national news sources — like Fox News, The New York Times and BuzzFeed News — to "boost" topics appearing on its Trending Topics.
Many argue that Mr. Obama should have put off a visit to Hiroshima until Mr. Abe visited Pearl Harbor to apologize for the American war dead, Nanjing to offer contrition to the victims of the 1937 massacre in the Chinese city, and South Korea to face the "comfort women" who served as sex slaves for the Japanese military.
Were the very things that have made Germany seem so safe to so many Israelis — the national preoccupation with contrition, aversion to raw nationalism, and determination never to repeat the sins of the past — now in danger of being shunted aside by a new generation unburdened by collective guilt and determined to assert its national identity?
A rare letter of apology and contrition from Francis, and his promised meeting with Irish victims of priestly abuse this weekend has done nothing to ease the ongoing pain of the five people we met in Pennsylvania, where a grand jury concluded earlier this month that hundreds of priests raped, molested and abused boys and girls for decades.
HUAC had come to Detroit hoping to find communists in the United Auto Workers, a powerful liberal institution; people such as Elliott and his wife's brother, Bob Cummins, were just "collateral damage," expected to make "a few acts of repentance and contrition" — bow their heads and name names of old friends and comrades in the ongoing theater of the Red scare.
WASHINGTON — Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Friday repeatedly declined to directly apologize to Anita Hill for his handling of the 1991 Clarence Thomas hearings, using his first interview as a presidential candidate to offer a broad statement of remorse for how she was treated but refusing to demonstrate contrition about a controversy that has shadowed the start of his campaign.
Instead, he still refused to repudiate Russian dictator Vladamir Putin and Russia's role in cyber espionage, he doubled down on his attacks against his accusers and showed no contrition for his mistreatment of women (a voting block he's tanking with and needs if he has any chance of winning) and most damagingly, would not commit to accepting the results on election night if he lost.
"At odds with much Japanese behavior of recent years, ranging from prime ministerial visits to the Yasukuni Shrine, which enshrines war criminals among others, to whitewashing Japanese atrocities in school textbooks, Akihito has been expressing remorse and making gestures of repentance that convey Japan's contrition regarding the nation's regional rampage," Jeff Kingston, director of Asian studies at Temple University Japan, wrote for CNN this year.
With little time, we crisscrossed the city to absorb the grim lessons of history that Berlin teaches in spades, along with an almost fetishistic devotion to contrition and atonement: the bombed ruin of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, Checkpoint Charlie and remnants of the despised wall, the Brandenburg Gate and the labyrinthine Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe with its 2,19483 suffocating stelae.
"At odds with much Japanese behavior of recent years, ranging from prime ministerial visits to the Yasukuni Shrine, which enshrines war criminals among others, to whitewashing Japanese atrocities in school textbooks, Akihito has been expressing remorse and making gestures of repentance that convey Japan's contrition regarding the nation's regional rampage," Jeff Kingston, director of Asian studies at Temple University Japan, wrote for CNN in 2016.
But the so-called LavScam suggested new character flaws in Trudeau, including a seeming inability to express contrition during a rambling press conference on Thursday, a failure to stand up for the highly-respected Wilson-Raybould, and a seeming favoritism for Quebec over other parts of the country, after he did little to save tens of thousands of jobs in Alberta's ailing oil patch.
Bondi cites numerous reasons: -- A lack of contrition for his crimes -- A massive civil judgment in the Nicole Brown Simpson/Ron Goldman wrongful death case that Simpson has avoided paying -- He was convicted of spousal battery against Nicole Brown Simpson -- His reputation for destructive behavior, including road rage, breaking into a girlfriend's home, an arrest for speeding in his powerboat in a manatee zone and civil theft of television signals.
"Watching the White House ceremony last night and listening to the President again cast doubt on the veracity of Dr. Ford's claims, while not hearing a word of contrition from the newest justice, was difficult for many Americans who have experienced sexual misconduct firsthand," he continued, alluding to Kavanaugh's swearing in, during which time President Donald Trump apologized to Kavanaugh and his family for the "terrible pain" he said they had endured.
On Noisey: Wake the Fuck Up and Hear Wiley Remind Everyone Why He's the Godfather of Grime So if you've got this false contrition for the financial mess being expressed through this architecture that's springing up all over London, it's pretty offensive and ironic that some of the only people who can now afford to live in these areas have decided to dress like impoverished Edwardian chimney sweeps and 1950s female welders.
D.) said on Wednesday that he hopes to hear "contrition and admission" from Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott PruittEdward (Scott) Scott PruittEnvironmentalists renew bid to overturn EPA policy barring scientists from advisory panels Six states sue EPA over pesticide tied to brain damage Overnight Energy: Trump EPA looks to change air pollution permit process | GOP senators propose easing Obama water rule | Green group sues EPA over lead dust rules MORE at a congressional hearing on Thursday.
Acknowledging that the social network played its part in the spread of hate speech, election interference and misinformation, Zuckerberg's note seemed more upbeat about his response to the hurricane of hurt caused by the company's laissez-faire attitude to world affairs and less concerned about showing contrition and empathy for the harm Facebook caused in the past year — including its inability to keep its users' data safe and, above all else, its failure to prevent its site from being used to incite ethnic violence and genocide.

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