Word: bitter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...bitter or angry as long as it's taken care of," Soni said. "No one is responsible other than Dylan, and he shouldn't have to pay thousands of dollars...
Imperium is a dramatic and often droll history of damage and resentments both small and large. "Don't walk along this path," a wary guide tells Kapuscinski. "because you are not a Georgian. The Georgians will not forgive you." He also hears of nearly 40 border conflicts, none more bitter than the clash between Muslim Azerbaijan and the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh. Geographically separated from Armenia, the Christian majority of Nagorno- Karabakh sees itself as a forgotten outpost of Western civilization in a rising sea of born-again Muslims. Armenians and Azerbaijanis are so polarized by this issue, says Kapuscinski...
...trail, Congress slogged through a raft of last-minute legislative business, including a pile of spending bills, in order to adjourn as quickly as possible. The House approved and sent to the Senate for its expected approval a stringent ban on gifts from lobbyists. The Senate, unable to overcome bitter partisan differences, walked away from campaign-reform legislation but agreed to go back for a post-election lame- duck session in order to vote on global-trade legislation...
...tone of bitter hurt. Hurt is how liberators leave. Which is why they must never go ashore in search of thanks...
...interim, what's been happening? What few scraps can we salvage from the scrap heap left by the bitter war between owners and players...