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Word: bitter (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...case presents a delicate problem for Kotowski, who is president of the Harvard police officers' union. Even as Harvard pays to defend him in court from charges of police brutality, he is likely to be locked in bitter negotiations for a new police contract...

Author: By Marios V. Broustas, | Title: Civil Suit Alleges Use Of Force by HUPD Cop | 2/2/1994 | See Source »

...name of The Page and consider it a done deal. It can be done much better, and I hope it will be. There's some new blood in here now--a kinder, gentler staff for the '90s, as the bitter, cutthroat staff of the late '80s moves...

Author: By John B. Trainer, | Title: A Desultory Philippic | 1/26/1994 | See Source »

...temperatures dropped well below freezing last weekend, homeless people around Harvard Square searched for new ways to stay warm and healthy despite the bitter cold...

Author: By Eliot Bush, | Title: Cold Drives Homeless To Seek Warm Shelter | 1/19/1994 | See Source »

Moviegoers disgruntled by long lines will be placated by a customized jelly bean mix or a chocolate rose. As the co-owner says, "I've yet to meet a bitter person leaving a candy store...

Author: By Hugh G. Eakin, | Title: New Square Candy Store Opening | 1/19/1994 | See Source »

...story of why the White House is now supporting a dramatic exception to Clinton's philosophy is a tale of bureaucratic intrigue, complete with bitter recriminations between the White House and HHS. The tale began late on Dec. 23. Congress had earlier allowed for the possibility of federally funded abortions in the cases of rape and incest, an expansion of its long-standing mandate to pay when the mother's life is endangered. After dawdling for months, HHS decided that the new law meant states must fund such abortions or risk losing their Medicaid dollars -- a legal interpretation other Administration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Political Interest: Why Clinton Blew His Cool | 1/17/1994 | See Source »

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