Word: bitterness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fanatically pro-British," Grivas had told a friend on leaving Cyprus. "But the British made us bitter. It is for them to rebuild this friendship now." And what now for him? "My dream is to return to Cyprus," said Grivas. On that unsettled island, its leader, bearded Archbishop Makarios, who had persuaded Grivas to lay down his arms, said cautiously: "After the Republic of Cyprus is formed, I see no objection." By that time next year, the British, whom Grivas had fought, would have only a base on Cyprus...
...Middle East review was believed to have focused on the bitter argument between Iraq and the United Arab Republic, which has raised tensions throughout the entire area. Top American officials are known to favor a strict hands-off policy toward this quarrel...
...Moscow's wooded Sokolniki Park, only 15 minutes from the Kremlin's walls, Russian workers hustled last week in bitter cold to prepare for an invasion by the U.S. It will be a peaceful one: the first major U.S. exhibition in the Soviet Union, scheduled to run for six weeks beginning July 4. Designed to give the Russians a look at how the U.S. lives, the exhibition is the result of a cultural exchange agreement under which the Soviet Union plans to set up its own exhibit in Manhattan's Coliseum for eight weeks beginning June...
...Kukla, Fran, Ollie and Godfrey. But when, several years ago, Dr. Bergen Evans proved to people that Shakespeare could be fun (or, more accufately, that you could divert people by telling them Shakespeare is fun), the unlimited variations of his theme became apparent. Professors began to restrict their bitter little jokes, and perhaps with an eye to a later surrender, conceded that the medium's effects on the populace was worthy of social study...
...Pakistan has kept its firm Western alignment, but Ayub has gone to unprecedented lengths to soothe his country's bitter quarrel with India. He has stilled the strident propaganda of the country's radios, last month became the first Pakistani leader to attend the Indian High Commission's Republic Day celebration in Karachi. After a recent border incident he said mildly: "If our chaps are at fault, we will take action against them...