Word: bitter
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...conflict between sympathizers of theCoalition for Civil Rights, which represents sixminority student groups and the Women's LawCouncil, and more centrist students, is both aproduct of last semester's bitter controversy overfaculty diversity and a preview of challenges tocome...
...urging of the Law School student government, the administration created the new advisory body in response to last semester's bitter controversy over faculty diversity...
...Muslims in Iran, Turkey and elsewhere. That inevitably raises the threat of a wider war. Serbian forces are not expected to respect international borders if Albania gives sanctuary to Kosovar fighters. Macedonia, now led by moderates in a delicate coalition that seeks full recognition of its own independence despite bitter Greek opposition, could feel compelled to intervene on behalf of the Kosovars lest their own Albanians secede. Either outcome could tempt the Greeks to intervene militarily. They are already destabilizing the Macedonian government by choking off its oil imports, idling tractors and trucks during the crucial harvest period and leaving...
...WITH HIS BITTER PRESCRIPTION FOR ELIMINATING THE FEDERAL DEFICIT BY 1998, Ross Perot likes to style himself as the straight-talking realist of American politics. Perot was at it again last week, appearing on the Today show to chide the presidential candidates for failing to tackle the deficit, and hinting anew that he would jump back into the race unless they faced the issues...
Ironically, the bloodshed on the road to Bisho may serve to bring De Klerk and Mandela together. The A.N.C. said it was "prepared to participate" in a summit which would break months of bitter estrangement between the two leaders. And Foreign Minister R.F. ("Pik") Botha has asked the United Nations not just for observers but also for a mediator to help curb the violence and get the constitutional negotiations back on track. Given the mutual mistrust that has existed for decades between South Africa and the U.N., that appeal underlined South Africa's desperation...