Word: bitter
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...perform ably in lesser parts, and Philip Glass’ score puts you on edge like musical version of nails against a chalkboard. But without Dench, none of it would stick. Dench plays Barbara Covett, who fills notebook after notebook with the unfiltered impressions of her keen and bitter psyche, and with all the charm of a steel fire door. In retrospect, this behavior hints at something much deeper than bitterness, but Patrick Marber’s (“Closer”) screenplay holds onto every detail until the moment of greatest effect. Thus...
...count on him every time,” West said. “Without him, it really put the pressure on all the other guys.” The loss all but concludes the final Ivy season for the team’s seniors, serving as the second straight bitter end to a conference schedule that had been relatively sweet prior to last year. “The seniors on the team, we really wanted to make it happen,” Oren said. They may still have a chance to do just that. “We might...
...story ends badly for Zafar and Delhi. After a bitter siege, the British retake the capital, the citizens are massacred, and the old Emperor is exiled to Burma, where he dies, neglected and forgotten. Yet despite his flaws-Zafar was indecisive and easily manipulated by bad advisers-he still emerges as something of a hero in Dalrymple's narrative. Throughout the British siege, he obstinately refuses to alienate the Hindus by giving in to demands of Muslim fanatics among the rebels...
...sale of your old textbooks for a better return. Or should you? Rumor has it that selling books to the Harvard Book Store is more lucrative than toting them over to The Coop, but FM wouldn’t suggest going there unless you want to haggle with a bitter 15-year-old clerk. The Harvard Book Store only takes books in brand-new condition, and they offer a measly $42 for “Principles of Economics” (list price: $154.95). Surprisingly, The Coop forked over $78 for the book, and they were willing to buy back...
Robert C. Clark, Kagan’s predecessor who became dean in 1989, inherited a school that had been torn by bitter fights between traditionalist professors and proponents of Critical Legal Studies, a liberal legal philosophy that questioned many of the fundamental premises of law. The clash between “the Crits” and the traditionalists, as well as fierce battles over faculty diversity, had brought faculty hiring to a halt...