Word: acridly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...frenzy of defiant marches and demonstrations to protest the six-year rule of President Chun Doo Hwan. Night after night they battled with tens of thousands of police, militia and plainclothes officers, who sought to break up the crowds with judo punches, shields and the virulent pepper gas, whose acrid fumes lingered for hours over the scenes of combat...
...until the marquise declares war on her erstwhile sparring partner, fills the play's final minutes with haze and glare and an eerie, slow-motion duel. The end brings wholly unanticipated griefs to the apparent survivors. Yet there is no comforting afterglow of justice or even vengeance -- only the acrid residue of wanton agony...
...ordinary restaurants. An overabundance of oil is a complaint most Westerners make about the food. But to the Chinese, oil is a sign of opulence, and so it is often poured generously. Yet quantity seems less a problem than quality. In the cheapest restaurants oil generally had a harsh, acrid flavor, a result of either poor processing or having been reused. The practice is not uncommon in American Chinese restaurants. Those who are sensitive to MSG (monosodium glutamate) have an even more difficult time, for that flavor enhancer is virtually ubiquitous. The only solution would be to order Western food...
Soon after arriving at Harvard, Skocpol becameembroiled in a number of acrid disputes with hercolleagues including a public debate in the pagesof the "Chronicle of Higher Education," followinga profile of her in the weekly journal...
...most important difference will be thatthis year it is the Crimson who have everything togain. In every swimmer there will be the stabbingmemory of last year's upset, the acrid taste oflosing...