Word: bitterness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Europe reaction to the report was strong, if only because some Europeans are still suffering from the aftereffects of Chernobyl. Sweden was one of the countries most seriously affected, and last week Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson, who once accepted nuclear power, gave a bitter speech in which he charged that "Chernobyl has spread radioactive iodine and cesium over our fields, forests, marshes and lakes." The accident has cost Sweden at least $144 million in ruined food and threatens the livelihood of 15,000 Lapp nomads who live in central Sweden. The reindeer they raise and the berries and fish they...
...Amid bitter debate, a committee of feminist historians passed a grim resolution saying that "as feminist scholars we have a responsibility not to allow our scholarship to be used against the interests of women struggling for equity in our society." That wording would seem to say that truth must take a backseat to feminist interests, but supporters deny this interpretation. They point to an accompanying resolution that reads, "We believe that as scholars we may have many differing interpretations of the sources in women's history, and we reject the claims of anyone to be representing a 'true interpretation...
...dispute over Rehnquist's qualifications remained bitter and partisan to the end, as relentless attacks were led by Kennedy and fellow Democrats Howard Metzenbaum of Ohio, Patrick Leahy of Vermont, Paul Simon of Illinois and Joseph Biden Jr. of Delaware...
...holdout against the use of sanctions. Howe was winding up a futile week-long attempt to open a dialogue with the key players in South Africa's racial conflict. Despite his good intentions, he had been rudely rebuffed by both sides. As Howe was leaving Pretoria, Botha held his bitter press conference. He dismissed all such mediating efforts as "direct interference in our internal affairs" and part of "this hysterical outcry of certain Western countries against South Africa...
...mood prompted by a nearfatal automobile accident in Switzerland, where he now lives. "Only an idiot believes that he can write the truth about himself," he begins, and then demonstrates that idiocy becomes him. Unlike Greene's God-haunted memoirs, Ambler's have few ominous moments and only one bitter note. The ironic revelation is his specialty: "Uncle Frank . . . had confidence in himself and had acquired important skills. We knew that because just a week ago he had been giving evidence . . . as a witness for the Prosecution. His expert field was the identification and valuation of non-ferrous scrap metal...