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Word: bitterness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...publicity was abolished after a bitter fight by vote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TAXATION: To Conference | 2/22/1926 | See Source »

While smiles widened, he quaffed a tankard of palate-puckering ale. Emerging from the foam he cried: "This is indeed a 'bitter' day for the Government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: British Commonwealth of Nations: Bitter Ale | 2/22/1926 | See Source »

...loser flashed into brilliant form in the second game, which he won decisively and in the third contest, which the title holder captured only after a bitter deuce struggle. Wright fought stubbornly for every point in this game, making almost impossible gets on several occasions to save points...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BAKER CAPTURES SQUASH LAURELS | 2/19/1926 | See Source »

Meagre French-censored despatches carried no mention of the reaction produced upon the Druses by these terms. The Druses have long feared and hated the French, and were especially bitter against M. de Jouvenel's predecessor, the ruthless General Sarrail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: In Syria | 2/15/1926 | See Source »

...left him, chiefly, with a taste for liquor. The woman golf-champion and others in the semi-smart group that one presumably encounters on Long Island are also around. Mr. Fitzgerald has a home on Long Island and should know what he is laughing at; his laughter is often bitter. Perhaps that is why he is spending most of 1926 in various parts of France...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays: Feb. 15, 1926 | 2/15/1926 | See Source »

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