Word: bitter
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...Normally, flights between mainland China and Taiwan must first land in a third location such as Hong Kong or Macau, a detour that can add several hours to the trip. But last week's deal means more than just convenient travel. China and Taiwan are bitter rivals; the mainland considers the island a breakaway province and hasn't ruled out reuniting with it by force. An accord on cross-strait travel shows a rare willingness to compromise. "It's hard to tell whether both sides will continue the dialogue," says Andrew Yang, secretary general of the Chinese Council of Advanced...
...decay and mortality that makes grape juice into Pinot Noir. We need art to tell us, as religion once did, Memento mori: remember that you will die, that everything ends, and that happiness comes not in denying this but in living with it. It's a message even more bitter than a clove cigarette, yet, somehow, a breath of fresh...
...opening salvo in what promises to be a bitter and protracted battle. The Club for Growth, an influential advocacy group favoring smaller government and lower taxes, has raised $2 million so far toward a planned $15 million national push in support of Bush's goals. The battle will be waged not just with rhetoric but with dollars too. Because Democrats have given the term privatization a negative tinge, advocates prefer to call it personalization, emphasizing control and ownership rights. Says Club for Growth president Stephen Moore: "Words matter...
...whose bold reforms in the 1990s helped jump-start the country's economy; in New Delhi. Following the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi in 1991, Rao abandoned a planned retirement to lead the government, and over the next five years guided the nation through a grave economic crisis and a bitter battle between Hindus and Muslims over a mosque in central India. Rao ultimately fell victim to political infighting and accusations of corruption by members of the opposition, for which he was recently acquitted. After the Congress Party lost a general election in 1996, he published an autobiographical novel about Indian...
...resignation, saying he would enter the parliament as leader of the opposition. When Yushchenko appeared before the Maidan crowd on New Year's Eve, he said triumphantly: "We have been independent for 14 years, but we have not been free. Today we are independent and free." Throughout the bitter, high-stakes months of Ukraine's presidential battle, Yushchenko has been buoyed by such shrewd use of street power - it has helped him emerge as a tough, decisive leader and a symbol of change. But now he has to play a subtler game if he is to make good...