Word: bitter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When the original Mary Joe Frug article was considered for publication, a bitter debate ensued in the Review staff about the editing of the piece...
...might seem a little frivolous, not to mention laughable, to expect people to come and see a play about the redeeming power of art in this day and age. Who could possibly believe that the weak, the twisted and the bitter could really be brought back into the fold of civilization just by acting out a play? Timberlake Wertenbaker, author of Our Country's Good, currently playing at the Lyric Stage, certainly thinks...
...line), the five-month-long siege suddenly collapsed. The union leadership failed to gain a single demand on wage and medical-care issues. The employees had to wait to be summoned back to work, while the company considered eliminating more than a thousand jobs. Many U.A.W. members seemed as bitter over the terms of their surrender as they were over the company's hard-line tactics. Said a frustrated 25-year mechanic: "We're not locked out, we're not on strike, we're in limbo. How can they agree for the workers to return to work...
...bitter struggle over access to the fabled Barnes collection...
...Puller Jr. was cited in the biography category. Puller, whose late father "Chesty" was America's most decorated Marine, lost both his legs while serving as a lieutenant in Vietnam. The son's memoir provides unsparing commentary on how the nation has survived the agonies and complexities of that bitter conflict...