Word: bitterly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...considered a masterpiece of expressionistic writing, giving a wide scope of interpretation to all the artists of the theatre. For several seasons it has been included in the reportoire of the Moscow Arts Theatre. In it Andreyev may be seen in a genial mood in contrast to the bitter cynicism of "He Who Gets Slapped". The play is lacking in the horror of the "Red Laugh" and is free from the idealism of the "Life of Vasile Fivey Ski", but is touched with Andreyev's typical fatalism...
This apparent distinction, made in favor of the sciences, has caused many cries of bitter anguish from those who would like to devote themselves to classics and literature, and yet pride themselves on following the line of least resisiance. In answer comes the statement that those who have not the courage to continue along their chosen path, in spite of obstacles, are not the sort who would benefit by a liberal education. If this is true, why should the fields of science be converted into the stamping-ground of the University...
...only an agreement that, in event of any difficulty arising in that sensitive region, the Pacific, the Powers directly concerned would come together to talk the matter over frankly and fully. This was the longest step in generations towards the prevention of war. In guiding this treaty through a bitter fight in the Senate, Senator Lodge served his country well...
...wrote a vivid description of tackling a passing deer that would have turned Munchausen a sickly green,--returned, mosquito bitten, to get his salary from the newspaper which financed him. Thoreau, who was Adanilo only in living close to nature, not venturing reproduction of the original, found himself in bitter and extended conflict with the town authorities of Concord for not paying his taxes. All in all, from start to finish, it appears that a vindictive society is out to "get" any attempts to break away from its ranks. The deserter is labelled A. W. O. L. and his efforts...
...Editors of the CRIMSON: Mr. MacVeagh's Letter is bitter; but it is sincere and brave, and it merits something of discussion. I think we are all shocked at the lurid sensationalism of the past few days; we all believe that the persons who fed the gaping maws of the press have committed the act unforgivable. Yet, is it not unfair to ascribe to the Jewish students alone, an account obviously concocted from various sources, colored by the feverish imagination of burrowing reporters, and from its very nature, purporting to sympathize with the "suppressed minority" whose suffering is "exposed...