Word: bitter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Against this background a letter came East last month from Porcupine, South Dakota--from a bitter Lakota Indian. Russell Means. Means is running for president of his tribal council with a slate of candidates representing a program known as TREATY--an acronym for the True Revolution for Elders. Ancestors, Treaties and Youth His platform is utterly revolutionary--complete and immediate severance of relations with the United States...
...sense, this entire album represents what one can achieve through force of will. Husker Du's lyrics may be didactic, but they never become too preachy, too cliche, or too trite. And even though the band may present a harsh, discordant, and even at times bitter vision of life, they never resort to easy cynicism or nihilism. Thorough sheer commitment, and abrasive intensity this group might help to point the stagnant rock of the present in a direction that will become as rich and exciting as the punk movement from which it has broken away...
...very much had my sights on it. I had a good camp out there, and I'm sorry I didn't make it, but I'm not bitter about it," he says...
...collaboration between both sides, in the wake of previously bitter disputes, was cautiously welcomed by both minority leaders and administrators...
...Harris was a man of great gifts, none greater than his capacity to inspire bitter hatreds. He burst upon Broadway in the 1920s, a charismatic, rather sinister Yale dropout and former pressagent convinced that he could produce and direct plays better than anybody else. He seemed to be right. By the age of 28, Harris had four hits running in the same year, including The Royal Family and The Front Page; he was earning $40,000 a week and was acclaimed as the Wonder Boy of Broadway. "His self-belief was hypnotic," said Playwright S.N. Behrman, who got his start...