Word: bitterness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have to knock me cold." They did, in the first round. Even so, finding a softer voice while glancing at Hembrick, Banks said, "I'd rather be carried out of the ring than never to have gone into it." When the Korean Byun lost to a Bulgarian by bitter decision, Byun wouldn't leave. All the black bow-tied referees in white had to pile through the ropes to rescue their brother from local officials and fans. It looked like a battle royal of barbers. When the smoke cleared, Byun was sitting in his corner. For over an hour...
...political climate had changed radically overnight. Said he, after rushing to Kingston last week: "All politics are being put aside. There is not time to deal in partisan issues in this emergency." In the dispiriting climate of post-Gilbert Jamaica, a successful politician may find that victory has a bitter taste...
...President Joaquim Chissano, Botha gave assurances that Pretoria would no longer aid rebels of the Mozambique National Resistance, also known as Renamo. The right-wing guerrillas have been trying for 13 years to topple the Marxist government, cutting rail lines, sacking villages and driving farmers off their land. The bitter civil war has destroyed much of the country's food supply and devastated its economy...
...friendly tone of election night was markedly different from the campaign, when Travaglini and LoPresti waged a bitter campaign to win progressive votes. The race got underway this summer when lesbian activist Marguerite Gerstell dropped out of the race, because LoPresti received the endorsement of the Greater Boston Lesbian and Gay Political Alliance...
...been Crime Victims for Court Reform. Drawing on the savvy of Strategist Bill Roberts, a political consultant who co-managed Ronald Reagan's 1966 gubernatorial campaign, the group includes victims of crime and their families, in some cases the parents or spouses of murder victims. With the passion of bitter experience, they denounce Bird at public gatherings, and will swell the ranks of doorbell ringers that Roberts plans to field by the thousands next month. "There's a juggernaut coming down the street," he promises...