To be safe, however, Mr Roh also reached out to mainstream South Koreans after the verdict, making a contrite televised speech on May 15th.

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She would leave it to others to decide whether he was contrite, she went on to say.

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In a bid to limit damage to his selection hopes, last week he posted a video apology on the internet and later issued a contrite statement following his omission.

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" More cynical attendees might opt for practical discussions on topics like, "How to Sound Contrite Even Though You're Not a Bit Sorry.

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Sitting in his office on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, John Katzman is contrite.

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At a Senate subcommittee hearing on tax haven banks in mid-July, the bank was suitably contrite.

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Vladimir Putin's remarks in Budapest on the anniversary of the 1956 Soviet invasion were a model of how to sound tactful and contrite without exactly apologising.

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