Word: bitterness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...mature student than a mature student-leader; and so the student-leaders are faced with the great burden of living up to the Administration's expectations of them and withstanding the many temptations which the near-absence of administrative control invites. It is thus legitimate for the bitter student-leader to feel that he is his own conscience; with fellow students apathetic and administrators fearful lest they become paternalistic, he is given quite a free hand...
...friends have a sizeable streak of moral rottenness; in Henry V the now-eponymous hero reconciles (with some disturbing overtones) personal grandeur with practical efficiency. But in this play the forces of disorder are much the more attractive, and as a result it sometimes has a sad, almost bitter taste. The cheerful performance of Stephen Wailes as the Prince prevents any such thing from happening at Adams House, and so draws the teeth of the play and injures its continuity. The hypocrisy with which he pretends to pretend to insult Falstaff, while actually meaning every word, is completely soft-pedaled...
...villagers and a handful of students managed to contain the fire, but the building was a complete loss. Even the Governor of the Commonwealth and his Legislature helped out in fetching water after the College pumps became useless in the bitter cold...
...weariness in rebel ranks. But it would take far more than the surrender of a few score rebels to end the revolt. "History," noted Britain's Manchester Guardian Weekly last week, "offers no precedent of a colonial people turning away from its nationalist movement after four years of bitter war against the colonial ruler" and a loss of 80,000 lives...
...leaves political stands untouched; e.g., in Syracuse, his Republican Post-Standard scraps with his Democrat-leaning Herald-Journal. One notable exception to his hands-off policy is the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, where he replaced a dozen top editorial staffers, slashed non-editorial expenses and personnel, eventually reaped a bitter strike by the American Newspaper Guild (TIME, March 9), which was 28 days old last week, has so far cost Newhouse more than $1,000,000 in ad revenue. Characteristically, Newhouse at week's end was confident of an early settlement and new success for the Globe-Democrat...