Word: bitter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...election campaigns, such as the word zsido (Jew) scrawled on posters of the Liberal Democrats. ``Things seem good now,'' she says, ``but no one knows what will happen if the economy keeps going down and people start clamoring for a strongman. The Jews could still end up paying a bitter price...
...that would keep West Bank Palestinians from entering Israel. A Pilgrimage to Auschwitz Jews from all over the world journeyed to Poland to attend a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Nazis' most infamous death-camp complex. The solemn occasion was marred by bitter disagreements between Jewish groups and the Polish government over the degree of Jewish participation in the anniversary program. U.S.-Vietnam Ties Washington and Hanoi inched closer to establishing full diplomatic relations when the two countries agreed to exchange liaison offices. These are the first formal ties since the U.S. left...
Unable to resolve an increasingly bitter dispute with China over intellectual property rights, President Clinton plans to impose new tariffs on about $1 billion worth of Chinese imports. On Saturday, U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor will release a list of Chinese goods to be targeted, White House officials say. The hard-hitting action follows months of acrimonious back-and-forth on the rampant piracy of U.S. computer software, motion pictures, videos, sound recordings and periodicals in China -- something U.S. businesses say costs them hundreds of millions of dollars in fees annually. TIME Washington correspondent Adam Zagorin says "the U.S. move...
...when I got back to my apartment, I'd been burglarized. My stereo, TV, money, everything,'' says the 46-year-old Milwaukee, Wisconsin, handyman. As Thomlin tells the story, he slams the nearest piece of wood with his fist. ``You know what really kills me?'' he asks with a bitter chuckle. ``The whole goddam reason I voted was because I'm so sick of crime and the lack of values in this country.'' Now Thomlin relies on his own solution: he keeps a tire iron in his bedroom for protection...
Their parents were bitter opponents, but Kris Aquino, 23, and Ferdinand (``Bongbong'') Marcos Jr., 36, have turned the other cheek. The daughter of former Philippine President Corazon Aquino invited the late dictator's son, who is now a Congressman, onto her Manila TV talk show. ``Did you hate us?'' she asked meaningfully. ``Maybe in the beginning,'' he admitted. After a chat, they kissed politely. Corazon Aquino is reported to be ``very, very upset'' about the encounter on the show, but Bongbong's mother Imelda declared, ``The older generation has a lot to learn from their children...