Word: bitter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...certain sense, it is entirely understandable that our culture should be such a materialistic one. When it comes to spiritual matters, we encounter bitter disagreement. Some of us believe in God, and some of us don't. Among those of us who do believe in God's existence, there are even more arguments about the proper way in which to worship him. For better or worse (perhaps worse), agreement on such deeply personal questions cannot be dictated by government in the United States...
...world of sports went on. And although what happened back on the sports pages is hardly life and death many sweet and bitter moments have been played out on diamonds, courts and fields across the country. While perhaps sometimes overshadowed by events in the courtroom, it has been a memorable 16 months in the sports world...
Effectively cutting loose the poor was just part of an effort by the Democrats to remake themselves in the face of a Republican juggernaut that is now racing through Medicare. As they prepare for a bitter battle over that crown jewel of the Great Society, Democrats are determined to refashion themselves as defenders of the middle class against the G.O.P. raiders. It was the foul mood of the middle class that made welfare a losing issue for Democrats. And for the same reason, with pocketbook issues dominating the final weeks of the congressional budget fight, the latest items...
...their attention, I just smile," he says. "Eventually, I got the papers I know will sell... I just take the bitter with the sweet...
...polls. A June poll showed that 44 percent of Hong Kong residents cited economic issues as their main concern, while only 15 percent placed politics higher. On election day, the silent majority voted their pocketbooks and stayed home, refusing to participate in a process that would leave only a bitter taste two years down the road...