Word: bitter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...colleagues say they can cite few other instances when Vorenberg--law dean since 1981--has acted as a follower. Although Vorenberg was caught in the middle of a bitter ideological debate that rocked the school and virtually split the faculty, his initiatives have largely shaped the policies that have been implemented in times of calm...
Rather than move immediately into specific negotiations, HUCTW leader Kris Rondeau says she set up "transition meetings" to iron out any leftover animosities from the long and often bitter campaign and to "give the administration and union supporters an opportunity to understand where everyone is coming from...
...shown an extraordinary amount of courage," says Peter Galbraith, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, describing those years of endurance. "She was treated incredibly badly, yet she has retained a sense of balance--she's charming, she has a sense of humor, and she hasn't turned bitter...
...today's conflicts between town and gown seem contentious and bitter, they pale in comparison to the titanic struggle the two giants fought in the fall of 1938. That was the year when the Cambridge City Council voted to "secede" from the University...
...outskirts or headed for Beijing. The army, however, maintained an uneasy standoff with a reduced cadre of student protesters. The real drama took place in a walled enclave in the western hills outside Beijing, where members of the innermost circle of China's Communist Party met to resolve a bitter power struggle that had the capital aswirl with unfounded rumors and unanswered questions...