Word: bitter
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...Angeles Police Department has had a troubled history, from the pervasive corruption of the 1930s and '40s to the bitter feelings of the city's minority communities toward former chief Daryl Gates' department, culminating in the uproar over the 1991 beating of Rodney King. But the Rampart scandal has taken police misconduct to a new level of lawlessness and given currency to a new term: the gangster cop--not much different from the gang members the police are battling. As investigators work to get to the bottom of it all--and to separate the good cops from...
...parodies of her songs more than the originals: "If you had my butt / And I asked you 'bout its size, would you lie to me? / And say 'It's tiny...' But Jennifer's third career is definitely getting the most attention lately-and that, of course, is her bitter war with Mariah Carey over who can wear the least clothing to a public event. But the war ended last week. Jennifer wins. The dress-uh, veil-that she wore to the Grammys was the reason they invented the new TV ratings system. How it stayed in that position is anybody...
...only thoroughbred horse-racing track in Greater Boston, Suffolk Downs is a collapsed cathedral of pseudo-science and pure chance, of bitter old men and clouds of cigarette smoke, of nausea and human tragedy--and occasionally, of proof that hope springs eternal. Suffolk Downs is, to the uninitiated, no doubt an intimidating place, towering over East Boston, framed by the tracks of the blue line outbound for Wonderland. To the regulars, though it is a decrepit mass, it is also a place where the possibility of instant money--and more importantly, instant redemption-is omnipresent...
...chief executive officer in 1983. But the real power remained with chairman Green, a richly corrupt official who in 1986 was found guilty by a tribunal of Lloyd's members of "gross negligence" and "discreditable conduct." Davison lasted only two years as Lloyd's CEO, and later published a bitter book describing the experience...
...less-than-subtle reminder that violence and suspense-thrillers go hand in hand. Fittingly, action abounds throughout the course of the story, culminating in the climactic heist scene at the casino. The grittiness is enhanced by the hostile setting of northern Michigan in the dead of winter--the bitter coldness of the air is a reflection of the bitter coldness within the characters and their motivations. Even so, there's plenty of humor thrown into the script, creating an interesting mix of laughs, shocks and thrills...