Word: bitter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...helped set records and disrupt life all over Europe. All of the weathermen agreed that the continuing frigidity was extraordinary. Said Case: "It was the type of mass outbreak, in size and severity, that we see once every 50 years." Strong winds made the cold even more bitter. In Chicago, the wind-chill factor was calculated at -81°. Even for weather-jaded NWS Meteorologist Roger Bygrave of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., where the temperature bottomed out at - 36° (one degree short of an all time record), the conditions were startling. Said he: "It was a once...
...Englanders would feel cheated if a winter passed without deep snow and a stern, bitter chill. Accordingly, the region's residents largely professed indifference to the ubiquitous cold. Yes, it was -23° in Chester, Mass. Yes, the record cold in Worcester (-8°) broke a local television station's transmitter and knocked out broadcasting for a day. And, yes, the freezing temperatures in Boston caused subway rails to crack. But stoicism hardly faltered. Said NWS Meteorologist John Pollock of Concord, N.H. (where it was -10°); "This is just beautiful New England weather...
...intent upon making their mark by streamlining government. (The chances of that are slim.) The voters at large have almost no control over the advisers and administrators drawing federal salaries, let alone the single-minded lobby groups that build up private fiefdoms within the Congress and the executive branch. Bitter about his own inability to effect major changes during his brief tenure in Washington, the author doesn't push his analysis much past interpreting the motives of his former colleagues. In fact, now that he has abandoned public service, Fromson seems to have gotten serious about writing qua writing...
Farmers are among the loudest skeptics. They fear that Reagan will go further and impose a new embargo on grain shipments, which would swell the U.S. agricultural surplus and depress farm prices and incomes. Their concern stems from their bitter experience with the embargo that President Carter declared two years ago after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Says Jared Hoover, who farms 1,400 acres outside Abilene, Kans.: "I can understand suspending talks on a new agreement with Moscow. But we should have enough history under our belts to teach us a lesson. Despite Carter's embargo, the Russians...
...fourth speaker at the forum was Stephen Kinzer, the Latin American correspondent for the Boston Globe and author of the soon-to-be-published book, "Bitter Fruit," an account of the CIA-backed coup in Guatemala in 1954. Kinzer dealt specifically with the U.S. involvement in Guatemala, giving historical background and precedent for current CIA affairs...