Word: bitter
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Feelings were bitter on all sides, with Sinclair charging that "the company is in the grip of people who do not understand the business." A number of important clients agreed. By week's end four major companies had pulled out or announced they were reviewing their accounts. The most important defector may be British Airways, whose $125 million annual advertising spending earned Saatchi & Saatchi $9 million in profits last year. Other companies reconsidering their advertising deals include the candymaker Mars and the Mirror media group. In announcing that he too was thinking of closing his account, Stanley Kalms, head...
...should know that on the battlefield, soldiers swallow their fear and fight to support their buddies. If troops do not know one another, the essential bond does not exist, and they tend to shrink from action. The unseasoned draftees had no warm clothes or food to ward off the bitter cold; most did not know where they were or what their mission...
While Koch, 54, says his motive is "breaking barriers" and showing "respect for women's competitive abilities," the venture neatly jibes with his need for a personal-image campaign. A bitter 10-year legal battle with two of his brothers over his share of Koch Industries, a $23 billion energy conglomerate, is likely to come before a jury this year in Kansas. Koch had no interest in another time-consuming try for the Cup himself, having & already proved to himself and the world that an inexperienced yachtsman could beat the pros. But after running TV spots about...
...improve stormy relations between the U.S. and the former strategic Soviet ally. But TIME Defense correspondent Mark Thompson says Perry is less concerned about the agreement, which simply authorizes joint military exercises and research, than in politicking in the region to prevent an arms race between India and bitter rival Pakistan. "Now that the Soviets are our allies," Thompson points out, "all their old allies are ipso facto our allies...
...after Chechen forces virtually ran out of ammunition, Russian planes and artillery unleashed a bitter offensive on Grozny, the capital of the separatist republic. The offensive killed 24 civilians, including a American freelance photographer. Scenes of carnage dotted the city after the first daylight air raid in the civil war -- a sign that Russia is now pushing to end what has become a quagmire. But a speedy end to the fighting would come despite fierce Chechen resistance, overwhelming domestic opposition and turmoil in the Russian military command. Several Russian generals have disobeyed orders or sharply criticized Defense Minister Pavel Grachev...