Word: bitterly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...next day, in the course of episodic conversations during a five-hour White House visit, Finch found himself losing the argument over Knowles. Finally the President gave his old friend and longtime political partner the word: Knowles was not worth the bitter fight. Finch issued a statement in which he loyally-if not convincingly-took "full responsibility for the delay of this appointment...
...Boston, Knowles reacted with unanticipated restraint-especially since he had threatened to write an expose about the affair if rejected, and had never minced words about his bitter feelings over the delay. After absolving Finch, he suggested that the political activities of the A.M.A.-of which he is a member -should be investigated. As for the President, the doctor said: "I think that President Nixon has maintained his political integrity, and if he has had to meet certain promises and debts made during his campaign, I think that it is only fair that he should...
Crossing south of Great Bitter Lake, they met an Israeli patrol, and in a three-hour firefight near Suez, four Israelis and one Egyptian were wounded. In an other raid, south of El Qantara, the Egyptians unsuccessfully stormed an Israeli army post, losing three men (Egypt claimed 22 Israelis killed). In a third attack, Egyptian commandos tried to breach a road leading to the strategic Mitla Pass. The attacking Egyptian force was repulsed after killing one Israeli private...
...journalists with Western faces and those with Asian features. One man talks with a southern drawl and another writes in Chinese characters. There reporters go through the statements. They try to wring meaning out of the propaganda-filled speeches ---try to evaluate whether today Mr. Lodge seems tranquil or bitter, whether or not the Communists seem to be backing down on a demand. They remind you of the old men at Suffolk Downs trying to decide how to bet from information in the Morning Telegraph...
...ROUND UP and THE RED AND THE WHITE are two Hungarian movies that share a common loathing for war and a barely controlled hatred for its perpetrators. Miklos Jancso has created two bitter and handsome films...