Word: bitter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Perhaps if I was idle and did not have a job to do, I would be as bitter as others. But because I have been given a job to do, I have not had time to think about the cruel experiences I've had. I'm not unique. Others have every reason to be more bitter than I. There are countless people who went to jail and aren't bitter at all, because they can see that their sacrifices were not in vain, and the ideas for which we lived and sacrificed are about to come to fruition. And that...
Remnick concludes that Gorbachev's propensity to reform faded when he lost control of political events and his former followers became leaders. A "bitter, deluded" Gorbachev increasingly put his faith in old comrades from the party, the army and the KGB, who flattered him, warned him of dark plots and then betrayed...
Still, the dispute within the Athletic Department over women's sports has been bitter and, at times, personal. The day after The Crimson ran an article on the treatment of women's teams, Carole Kleinfelder, the women's lacrosse coach and an outspoken critic of the department, found her truck tires slashed in the parking lot of the Gordon Indoor Track and Tennis Center--an act Kleinfelder believes was likely a response to her criticism of the department...
...even the most bitter enemies of human resources hold out some hope for improvement. Harry Hirtle, the worker in the Office of the University Publisher, doesn't like human resources, but he's had some good experiences working with one employee there, Associate Director of Human Resources Donna McGee, and he thinks things can change...
Concubine throbs with the seductive power art has over life. And because this is a movie about the glory and competitiveness of performance, it is appropriate that Cheung, as the tormented homosexual, and Gong, as his bitter rival, should duke it out for the title of most beautiful star on the Asian screen. Cheung wins, because this is his story, and he is equal to the doomed sensitivity of the role. Thanks in no small part to his presence, and performance, Concubine has the sweep and pang of a novel that keeps you reading till dawn, then lives in your...