Word: bitter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Lloyd Bentsen as Treasury Secretary. Rudman declined the tentative offer, however, and Clinton turned to Robert Rubin, the director of the National Economic Council, who had been Bentsen's presumptive heir for months. Rubin isn't expected to change course at Treasury, but his ability to broker compromises on bitter policy fights will be missed at the White House...
...Orange County disaster to worry about. Greenspan's strong hint last week that the Federal Reserve will continue to push up interest rates heightened worries that more governments with overleveraged portfolios heavily based on interest-rate bets could be forced to default. Already this year, derivatives have produced a bitter legacy: such disparate groups as the State of Florida, the University of Minnesota and a Shoshone Indian tribe have reported financial hits from these risky securities. "I think there will be more ((crises)) coming through the pipeline," asserts Dick Larkin, who heads the public-finance division at Standard & Poor...
Eventually, life leads her back to this strange man. Fascinated by the judge's reclusive nature and bitter outlook, Valentine continues to visit with him. She is enraged to discover that he enjoys eavesdropping on his neighbors' telephone conversations...
...outset, Bill Clinton's Bosnia policy has been equal parts wishful thinking, domestic politics and bluff; now it has virtually disintegrated under the pressure of the Bosnian Serbs and quarreling presidential advisers. The Serb triumph at Bihac has brought home the extent of Washington's failure and opened a bitter debate about what to do next. "Our policy is in complete disarray," admits a senior official. The debacle on the battlefield left the White House, senior Administration officials and a leading legislator separately enunciating contradictory positions...
...National Endowment for the Arts. In The Well of Horniness there is plenty of chest-grabbing and even mock cunnilingus. Lesbians are referred to as "lezzies" or in one bon mot as "Lebanese." Perhaps what conservatives fear most in Hughes' work is her ability to mock them without seeming bitter or angry. However, humor is the best revenge and in the end Hughes has the last laugh...