Word: bitter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...while delaying the hardest choices for a few election cycles. The result is that even in a boom economy with a government surplus, many vital programs will have to be cut for the spending caps to hold. Although the spending caps are likely to be exceeded, a long and bitter debate will certainly come first, as programs jockey for funding...
...people existed. Then, in 1963, her friend Denise McNair was killed in the church bombing that helped ignite the civil rights movement. The family moved out of Alabama, eventually relocating to Denver. But living under Jim Crow instilled in Rice an astonishing resilience. "I came out of that not bitter but with a sense of entitlement," she says, "to do whatever I wanted to do, to be whoever I wanted...
Still, Kaushik isn't bitter about his misfortune. "Everywhere I go," he says, "I make a point of learning something new." Launching his own start-up, he says, "seemed like absolutely the right decision but may have been a stupid one, looking back." So he's returned to programming, a gun for hire, although he's confident that his current employer, Corio, will finally hit the ipo payola. At times, though, he can't help sounding weary. "I don't foresee things anymore," he says. "If it happens, great. If not, I can't do anything about...
...Wars. They followed their "Larger Than Life" opening with other Millennium debut material, each song displaying a harder and edgier sound than their older hits. Likewise, the choreographed dancing and effects were red-hot. The entire scene was mass hysteria--an electric visual thrill that ignited even the most bitter skeptic. Whoever thought the Backstreet Boys could be passionate...
...Remember when they used to make good romantic comedies? When Harry Met Sally, Pretty Woman, Tootsie, etc. Now we get abominable drivel like You've Got Mail and Picture Perfect. Thank goodness for Julia Roberts. When she finds the right role, she can wrap even the most bitter of cynics around her finger. But in general, Julia gets offered good roles, so the results should be consistent, right? The problem, of course, is that Julia Roberts is nothing without her hair (her hair speaks for her--pay attention, this is subtle). Why did Mary Reilly, Michael Collins, I Love Trouble...