Word: bitter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...transition from Harvard undergraduate to single mother was a bit bumpier for Ocon. The months that followed her return to southern California sent her on a rollercoaster ride of the unexpected: the joys of motherhood, a bitter breakup and a custody battle that made national headlines...
Perhaps I am only bitter about this situation because I know that my beloved Marlins will not be able to compete for a World Series title again in the foreseeable future. But there are many people out there who are equally embittered because their favorite teams are also unable to obtain quality at players at today's prices...
Spencer's marriage to the former model Victoria Lockwood fell apart three years ago. But only last week did the two parties engage in bitter court battle to decide whether their divorce should proceed in Britain or in South Africa, where both now reside. Lockwood, who wants the case moved back to Britain, claimed that the couple did not expect to live permanently in South Africa and that Spencer had lied about his reasons for moving the family there in the first place. He said, she said, that the move was to allow their children to escape the glare...
...dress straight out of "Prom Night Horror." When they have to, however, both can instantly become powerful leaders on the brink of destruction. LeBow's Tiresias sends chills through the audience with his dark fore-shadowings to the giggling Maenads. Likewise, the perpetually-talented Epstein manages to make his bitter tirade against Agave ring with the pain of a noble ruler disappointing his people, yet he also lashes out in furious anguish at his childlike daughter for the mess she and her disbelieving son have created...
...into his pithy one-liners. For example, a distant relative is glorified because he, "on his last day, enjoyed beer and victory at cards and held a young woman in his arms." In addition, clever stabs at flaky New-Agers and oversensitive liberal types become dry, overused and almost bitter long before the novel's end. At one point, a ditzy secretary who later claims that John, the narrator, is trying to "power [her] down into a daughter role," comments that "if you're able to open yourself up to [New Age music], it's like a spirit bath." John...