Word: bitter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...When they did, sales would not respond overnight. Some economists believe that 18 months or more would pass before the trade deficit came down markedly--and protectionists in Congress are hardly in any mood to wait that long. Accordingly, Reagan set out last week to convince them that their bitter complaints about unfair foreign trade practices have been heard and are getting action...
...favorite, becomes a kind of surrogate mother, collecting the family together for the homemade dinners their mother never provided and taking it upon himself to keep up at least the appearance of a family. The Learys' mother, Alice, is a stranger to her children as well. Macon recalls with bitter amusement how once during one of her inspired whims, she subjected them all to an experimental nudist elementary school. Resembling none of her children in temperament, she disappears one day on the back of her hippie-boyfriend's motorcycle...
...armed forces, was dropped from the Central Committee, leading to speculation that he might soon lose his government post as well. Among other military retirees was Zhang Zhixiu, 67, former commander of Chinese forces along the Vietnamese border. Zhang had reportedly been eager to teach the Hanoi government, a bitter enemy of Peking, a military "lesson," which China had attempted less than successfully in 1979. Zhang was overruled by Deng, who was said to have feared that the general was developing a "mountain-stronghold mentality," a tendency to take matters into his own hands...
...penetrate the other's new or improved defenses, and adds defenses to protect itself against the other's increasingly sophisticated offenses. That is the classic formula for strategic instability and nuclear brinkmanship. For a President hoping to go down in history as a peacemaker, it would be a bitter legacy indeed...
...short, despite some fine performances by Streep, Ullman and Sting, Plenty is the fall season's most bitter disappointment. Had Schepisi and Hare been willing to sacrifice the artsy elements in favour of a more straightforward, biographical format, Plenty would have been more than enough...