Word: bitter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...protean treatment by Iacocca of his own proteges hardly inspires confidence that the road will be smooth. The consummate car guy has repeatedly extended and withdrawn his favor since 1978, when he arrived at Chrysler from Ford following his own bitter ouster by Henry Ford II. The first heir apparent was Harold Sperlich, who preceded Iacocca from Ford and developed the K-car line of compact autos that kept Chrysler alive in the early 1980s. Then came financial wizard Gerald Greenwald, also from Ford, in 1979. As Sperlich faded, Greenwald rose to become vice chairman. Just as he was approaching...
...royal family did its level best to give the impression of business as usual. The Queen turned up for a scheduled visit to the University of Surrey, where she chatted and joked. And Andrew? According to a palace source, the duke "is calming down, but he is bitter." Fulfilling one of his official engagements, the man once dubbed Randy Andy alighted from his Jaguar at the Contemporary Dance Trust headquarters in Central London with a broad smile and a wave at the crowd of bystanders. It was in stark contrast to the glum visage the Royal Navy lieutenant commander...
Many members felt they were unfairly blamed for the sins of the worst offenders. Of the 355 House members who were found to have written bad checks at one time or another, probably a majority did so inadvertently. This group was particularly bitter over the bank's sloppy management and the Speaker's awkward handling of the affair...
...make one observation. I have covered a lot of presidential campaigns. You guys don't seem all that far apart. The campaign has turned a little bitter, a little personal. Is this the Democratic ticket, or is that impossible...
...contemplative world of Christian Science hardly seems the appropriate setting for a bitter corporate battle. But growing turmoil over the financial future of the venerable Boston-based church has assumed on the attributes of a Wall Street takeover. An announcement last week that the church plans to cease operation of its ailing Monitor Channel cable network marked a grim defeat for forces within the church organization who have staunchly supported large-scale media expansion. Harvey W. Wood, chairman of the church and chief proponent of the $250 million TV enterprise, resigned last week as the church disclosed that...