Word: bitter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Justice Department report has concluded that Janet Reno exhausted all "reasonable alternatives" before approving an assault on David Koresh's Waco compound last spring, and cleared the Attorney General of having made any mistakes. It does conclude, though, that there was bitter wrangling within the fbi about what tactics to use during the 51-day crisis, and that Reno's claim of child abuse during the standoff was unsupported by fact...
...assembling such a wonderful cast of grim supporting characters, Soderbergh allows Bradford to shine even more. Spalding Gray as a suicidal ex-millionaire and Elizabeth McGovern as a bitter and jaded prostitute darken the tone and mood of every scene they are in, giving the second half of the film an eerily acerbic edge. Also featured is the underrated Karen Allen as Aaron's (almost overly) benevolent teacher...
...from sounding bitter about the current situation, Haskell and some other coaches said that Harvard had been highly supportive of women's athletics even before yesterday's announcement...
...allow the Serb and Croat regions to secede in two years. Senior U.S. officials say enforcement should not be too bloody because all three sides will gain from peace. But reluctant units must be disarmed, thousands of refugees relocated and safe passage corridors patrolled in a land where bitter hatred and the thirst for revenge still prevail...
Power's husband says she plans to make a formal apology to the Schroeders at her sentencing on Oct. 6. The officer's family remains bitter about the crime. "It's always been with us. We think about it every day," says Francis Schroeder Jr., who still has vivid memories of policemen lining the hospital corridor to give blood to his dying uncle. But, says Duncan, "she did not return out of guilt. She's here to answer, not assuage their sorrow." His wife, he adds, has asked if she can get into "some victim-perpetrator reconciliation program...