Word: bitter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Harvard's triumph over its bitter rival might have bigger implications, reversing a losing trend which has been in fashion since 1986. From 1980-85, the Crimson beat Dartmouth nine straight times, winning a national championship along the way. To narrow the score, the Big Green knocked off Harvard seven times in a row from 1986-90, picking up a national title of their...
...once expressing any rage over their crimes. In return, the boys marveled at this forgiving little man who lavished so much talk and kindness and humor on them. "The rabbi is one of the nicest guys you could know," says Mike. The teens' parents concur, but they are also bitter about the public attention that surrounded the case. "My son received more punishment than drug dealers with guns," laments Mike's mother, a Clifton housewife...
...last week Congress at least cleared the way to passing a budget, thereby averting what would have been the second government shutdown since Columbus Day. After a bitter partisan fight, Congress struggled to reconcile House and Senate versions of a bill designed to cut $500 billion from the deficit over five years. The final plan was bound to extract more revenues from the most affluent taxpayers than the bipartisan proposal that was dumped by the House two weeks ago. But it was also certain to inflict pain on middle-income earners, who were already outraged at the lawmakers' willingness...
...American. Democrats may gain a short-term advantage through a "soak the rich" crusade, but in the long run it is likely to backfire if the G.O.P. can convince the electorate that the other party is reverting to its tax-and-spend traditions. The politics of resentment leaves a bitter aftertaste that demagogues can exploit. As the rhetoric escalates between now and Election Day, neither side will earn much trust or support from voters whose anger is aimed directly at Washington's feckless ways...
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