Word: bitter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bayonet may be sheathed for now, but the harsh truth is that Haig is running on what might be called the vindication platform. Bitter at the Reaganauts for what he once called the "guerrilla campaign" against him as Secretary of State, he believes (correctly) that Iranscam is proof that Reagan indeed needed a strong foreign policy "vicar." Equally astringent on domestic policy, he castigates Washington's "fiscal flabbiness." He is likely to be the Republican most critical of major aspects of the Reagan record, foreign and domestic...
...though he will be granted limited immunity, there is still a possibility that Independent Counsel Lawrence Walsh may ask a grand jury to indict him on the basis of evidence gathered before the congressional questioning begins. Rumors swirl around Washington that John Poindexter, 50, is an angry and bitter...
...Studies. Experts also agree that while the pace of Deng's reforms may be slowed, they will not be rolled back. The fall of the reform-minded Hu Yaobang, however, muddies the outlook. His ouster could turn what had shaped up as a smooth transition of leadership into a bitter brawl for succession once Deng leaves power...
...even Thatcher's most bitter enemies cannot deny that the economy is rebounding smartly. Consumer spending rose by 5% last year, while inflation simmered at a low 3.4%. The output of the once sickly manufacturing sector is up by 5%. The government even predicted last week that the 11.9% unemployment rate would fall below 3 million by July, which would be the first time that had happened since 1984. But both opposition politicians and some economists were skeptical of the claim, and noted as well that Lawson's tax cuts came about largely because record corporate profits and a surge...
...plea to disarm and join in the rebuilding of Philippine society. That hope got a lift when the Communist New People's Army agreed last December to a 60-day cease-fire, a first for the 18-year-old rebel insurgency. But the truce broke down last month amid bitter charges and countercharges. The Ministry of Defense estimates that at least 350 people have died since the fighting resumed. The violence often plays out in a lethal tit for tat. Last week, after government troops killed 13 guerrillas on the island of Mindanao, the rebels ambushed and killed 37 soldiers...