Word: bitter
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...late 1960s, while running the GRU's key listening post in Rangoon, Polyakov gave the CIA everything the Soviets collected from there on the Vietnamese and Chinese armed forces. Rotated back to Moscow as head of the GRU's China section, he photographed crucial documents tracking that country's bitter split with Moscow. A CIA specialist on Sino-Soviet relations drew on rich detail from a Soviet source -- whom he learned just last week was Polyakov -- that enabled the analyst to conclude confidently that the Sino-Soviet split would persist. The paper was used by Henry Kissinger, helping...
...TIME: Over the past year, once bitter enemies in South Africa and the Middle East have made tremendous progress in working together. Why haven't you tried to seize the moment here with the British...
...United's worldwide route system, adding key gateways like Chicago-Tokyo -- now the airline's most profitable route -- all the while cutting costs by about $1 billion annually over the past three years. Wolf's determination to demand deep new pay cuts and layoffs, which might have triggered a bitter and costly strike, helped bring about the current deal when UAL's board decided to buy labor peace by accepting the employee bid. Under the buyout terms, employees will select three of the 12 UAL directors, who together will possess veto power over certain issues such as asset sales...
...hope for his sake that Paul drops this ridiculous case. If he's reading this, he's probably mumbling at this point that I'm bitter and jealous. Nah. I'm too busy being president of The Crimson to be bitter and jealous...
...other side of the Vietnam War, Americans may be surprised at the small role they play. Like many NVA vets, Ninh says he never fought against Americans, "except those in helicopters. I only fought against Vietnamese. Our war was mostly brother against brother. That's what is most bitter...