Word: bitter
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...veterinarian beat '96 loser Tom Strickland in a bitter rematch. Their nasty tone drove loyal partisans to the polls but kept independents home. It hurt Strickland--Republicans outnumber Democrats in this state...
...transcends the script, playing Fuhrman slyly, as a charismatic boor with a lizardy grin. But his performance only reminds us what the story could have been if told by someone not so close to the hero. As it is, it's a trite but inadvertently intriguing whodunit about a bitter adolescent whose vanity and resentment make him act out in ugly ways. Oh, and it's about Michael Skakel too. --By James Poniewozik
...flip side, the dismal Crimson performance was particularly bitter for the contingent of Harvard supporters who braved the cold rain to make the six-hour trek to Philadelphia...
...largely dunces who are only allowed to associate with their hallowed intellectual classmates by the grace of God and the recruiting strategies of Satan. I am surely no varsity athlete, but I understand their frustration when faced with myriad attacks from these ranks of sniveling intellectual snobs, still bitter about being chosen last in middle school gym class and reveling in their chance for revenge. Player-haters take note: athletics should have every bit as important a role to play in undergraduate life at Harvard as academics...
...successors to Jiang Zemin and Co. chosen this week rose through a deliberate, meritocratic process of promotion that favors skillful politician-administrators. Yet the final list of the Party leadership was settled against the backdrop of a bitter power struggle comprising backroom lobbying and furtive corruption investigations that continued till the last possible moment. Modern information technology and a windy propaganda blitz coexist with the utmost secrecy about everything that matters: who will be elected to lead the country, how they got where they are, and what they stand...