Word: bitter
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Having relished the sweetness of an Ivy League championship in each of the past three years, the Harvard baseball team was left with a sour taste in its mouth when the 2000 season came to its bitter...
...that year, late-night legend Johnny Carson retired and a bitter competition for his NBC show erupted between late night hosts Jay Leno and David Letterman. When NBC chose Leno to fill Carson's shoes, an angered Letterman left the network--and his popular 12:30 show--for an earlier slot...
...hurdle the Undergraduate Council faced early this year--after a bitter battle over the conduct of its vice president-elect--was one of credibility and redemption. Sadly, it seems, internal dissension and political squabbling on both sides have prevented the organization from meeting these challenges. Poor attendance and failed projects have led many students to view their "student government" with scorn and disdain. In short, the current state of the council is troubling...
...swished the ribbed plastic glass, and the reconstituted orange juice (more bitter than Tang and without that cool futuristic aura) lapped up the sides and hung there evenly like paint. They really did leave those O.J. tanks full all night...
...federal government [of today] has a much higher level of partisanship [and is] much more notably bitter. That is regrettable--democracy must operate on the basis of consensus," Schlesinger says...