Word: bitter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Underlying this bitter dispute are two clashing visions of public service, and this dichotomy has existed for at least 15 years...
...flanking maneuver on welfare reform or a timely reminder of his opposition to gay marriage. Instead it ended with the Clinton-Gore campaign buying $1.2 million worth of ads that suggested to viewers that the only thing Bob Dole had done lately was "quit." And it climaxed with a bitter exchange over abortion, in which charges and countercharges over piety and principle flew back and forth with a startling ferocity. It became the week to talk about values, but the values most often invoked last week--like civility, decency, personal responsibility--were not much in evidence among their champions...
...Waterville (pop. 17,000), where Hathaway was founded 159 years ago--shirts for Union soldiers were made there--many of the 515 employees are bitter. They delivered on their promise to double productivity and now feel that Wachner is throwing them into the sea. Says Neena Querion, shop steward for the local union: "There are no other jobs here for our workers if Hathaway closes. It will devastate our whole community...
...fate of the nonfamous ex-spouse of a big star is, as LARRY FORTENSKY has found, a bitter one, especially when you've signed a prenup agreeing to get zip. Frustrated by the slow pace of his divorce from LIZ TAYLOR, Fortensky has filed for more spousal support and access to Taylor's records. "We're surprised and disappointed," says Neil Papiano, Taylor's lawyer. Counters Raoul Felder, for Fortensky: "We've gotten lots of charm, but it's going nowhere...
Three days after Hall's optimistic assessment, Weathers, face burned black and arms nearly useless, would be one of the surprise survivors of one of the worst alpine disasters in recent memory. On the night of May 10 a storm swept the summit's fearsome "Death Zone" with snow, bitter cold and hurricane-force winds. Within 24 hours, eight of the more than 30 climbers on the peak were dead, among them Hall and Scott Fischer of Seattle, who was also running a commercial tour...