So, when is an apology for misspeaking possible, or necessary, and when not?
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State Rep. Patrick McDonough opposed an apology when it was considered in Maryland in 2007.
But Mayor Goodman has been saying he wants an apology when the President goes to the city tomorrow.
Without getting into their charges, can you walk us through the process and decision-making when it comes to issuing an apology?
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One passenger, Mark Shorey, said passengers were given a note of apology by the airline when they got off the plane at Heathrow, but that he was not satisfied with the response.
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This followed an apology from Mr Crompton last week when he said he had not intended "to challenge the integrity and views of those who lost loved ones in the Hillsborough disaster".
Arrington had defended Sandusky when the allegations first surfaced, but offered his apology in Tuesday's article.
Newsnight carried a full, on-air apology for the broadcast a week later when it become clear that Lord McAlpine was not involved.
When contacted by the Mail yesterday, Ellory issued an apology.
The cardboard box from which the Jayalalitha-lookalike was doling out soft drink cans, dripped stickily onto my notebooks and elicited a quick apology -- repeated in the same vein when informing me that no, there were no bottles of potable water in lieu of the fizzy stuff.
And I would suggest that somebody that alleges that when they know it doesn't happen owe people an apology.
When the iPhone had an antenna problem Jobs made a small apology but followed it up with illustrated testing reports which showed that the problem was minor if nonexistant.
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Mr Laurie has posted an apology for the decision on the web which says that when the experts made their decision they laid aside their political views and simply looked at whether it was technically feasible to block French surfers.
The prime minister was asked how he could defend the shambles over the new child tax credit to which he said there were always problems when you set up anything new but that did not minimise the apology the government had already given.
And when the chairman of the company spoke, he did begin with an apology.
When is it thought that something rises to the level of needing an apology?
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Of course, as is procedure, when you make a joke nowadays, you must immediately make a public apology.
When asked whether he supported a recent proposal by 12 white lawmakers for an apology to African Americans whose ancestors were brought to the United States as slaves, Clinton said he would need time to think about it.
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At every juncture when he might have wavered, Mr. Bush has pressed for missile defenses without apology.
And when Clinton visited Africa this past March, he issued only an elliptical, half-baked apology.
This almost makes me nostalgic for a time when computers didn't give a hoot whether their errors had discommoded you and made no apology whatsoever.
Before she ruled, the judge heard an apology from a BP executive and emotional testimony from relatives of the 11 workers who died when BP's blown-out Macondo well triggered an explosion on the rig and started the spill.
An elaborate plan to patch up the quarrel collapsed when Mr Netanyahu's prideful coalition partners refused to let him go beyond expressing regret and offer a formal apology.
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