But the mobility and communication is no less potent, as Erap, as Estrada is known, would now ruefully acknowledge.
Because of that "freaky little slip of the scalpel," as Johnson ruefully characterizes it, he endured seven "nerve-racking" months.
How many of us have choked back irrational anger, only to ruefully shake our heads later over what might have become something far worse? The news networks understand the tragic .
PR facing pricey waterfront issues PORT RICHEY — For a town billing itself as a waterfront community, Port Richey officials ruefully noted Tuesday night, both of its fishing piers are closed for the foreseeable future.
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Barry Morse in Globe and Mail Barry Morse said in a 1966 interview "On the whole, I suppose the old Fugitive has been a good thing...... even though I sometimes think rather ruefully that I'm doing more running than Richard Kimble."
Pervez Musharraf in Times of India I thought ruefully that while leaders of other countries only visit scenes of carnage later or see it on a television screen, I was personally in the midst of it,writes Musharraf.
Kit Bond in New York Times Mr. McConnell has "admitted ruefully that he's not experienced in politics," Mr. Bond told reporters last week. "And I suggested to him that he is getting a whole lot of experience very quickly."