Word: bitter
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...other paintings. “Memories of a Sacrifice” shows the skull of a ram over bound branches. The bright oranges and reds again obscure the underlying anxiety of the painting. Although the ram is given for sacrifice, the viewer is aware of Weil’s bitter confrontation—Can we really escape the ram’s fate in the face of God’s demands...
...Skinny: In the '90s, the Buckeyes did more than lose to Michigan. They lost their most talented underclassmen to the riches of the NFL, making those season-ending losses so bitter. Oh, what might have been if top-10 picks Wilkinson, Pace, Glenn and Boston had stayed in school. And now Robert Smith leaves the NFL early...
...Rupert Murdoch to tape their talk. The villain offered Sophie a choice: have a deeply personal chat with the News of the World, and the tapes would be hers. Or else. And so it was done. But alack! A Murdoch rival, the Mail on Sunday, printed "excerpts" overheard by bitter Wessex employees--including Sophie allegedly calling Cherie Blair, the Prime Minister's wife, "absolutely horrid horrid horrid," and boasting about her likeness to Princess Diana (whom Sophie then also allegedly dissed). Moral: Beware the wolf in sheik's clothing...
...Democratic donor Denise Rich, who was persuaded to go to bat for her former husband in spite of a bitter divorce, had been bargaining with prosecutors for weeks in an attempt to work out an immunity deal. Any deal she cuts means nothing she tells them, and nothing derived from leads she gives them, can be used against her. Investigators are looking at whether Clinton pardoned Marc Rich in exchange for large contributions from Denise Rich to Clinton's presidential library, the Democratic party or other political campaigns, and whether Marc Rich was the actual source of the money...
...Another construction project leaves a bitter taste in my mouth," said Lazarro. "Those who pay the price will not reap the rewards," he said...