Word: bitter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...three-foot-thick mantle of ice surrounding the island so that a Russian hospital ship could reach the area. Rescuers fear they are running out of time: complicating the sheer magnitude of the damage and severity of the injuries of those still alive under the rubble are the bitter sub-freezing temperatures gripping the area. "We are racing against time, against hours and minutes," said Sergei Khetagurov, Russia's deputy minister for emergency situations. "Rescue work can help save victims only in the first two or three days. After that, there is no one left to save...
...defining game of the year was the battle with Brown on November 5. A win would give Harvard the league title, while a loss or tie would make Brown the Ivy champ. The match would be a bitter disappointment for the Crimson, as the Bears came back from a 3-1 lead...
...practical reason that she did not want a repeat of the government-recommended, ultimately abortive evacuation of December 1944. We had spent three days on a crowded refugee train headed for the south. When we reached our destination, a hamlet on the Bavarian high plateau, Mother stood in the bitter wind at the station, took one look and declared that we were going back. The evacuation officials were flabbergasted: Why would anyone want to head east? She never explained why she chose to give up the relative security of that Bavarian hamlet, but I suspect she thought of herself...
...lured back to Baltimore for good? The suspense is enjoyable but not nearly as pleasing as watching Tyler skim so stylishly over the surface of some decidedly troubled waters. There is a sitcom quality to much of what goes on in Ladder of Years, but Tyler mixes some bitter with the sweet and leaves the laugh track to the reader...
...game is officiated is basically a caste system. If this were India, Alonzo and Michael would be members of the Gandhi family and guys like me would be the peasants. Alonzo's bitter because he lost. But that's the way the NBA works for Michael and Alonzo. They get calls. Me and Joe Wolf...