Word: bitterness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Diego Symphony was luckier. In 1985 its accumulated deficit was $2 million, and a bitter labor dispute closed the doors of Copley Symphony Hall for the entire 1986-87 season. A management change, coupled with more pops- oriented programming, produced several seasons of balanced budgets. But in the teeth of the recession, a million dollars had to be slashed from the orchestra's $7.7 million budget, accomplished by staff cuts and a 7% decrease in players' salaries. Says symphony president Warren Kessler: "The musicians made the concessions we needed to operate...
...nest egg of 3,000 Haitian gourdes (about $100). Sent back in March, he bought a place on another boat. When he was returned a second time, he still had enough cash for yet another try. But to no avail. Broke, Duval wanders aimlessly around the village, destitute and bitter. "It would have been better for them to kill me there than to force me back here where I am less than nothing...
Moreno's critiques, however, steer clear of slapstick approaches and stay with harsher evaluations, with references to Dean Robert Clark as "Mein Dean" and Law School men as "dateproof to the bitter...
There are some good points to the store; a couple of video games, a shorter walk for Quadlings, and a pleasant server. On the other hand, the video games were unplugged on a recent visit. While the chocolate was a disaster, showing many frozen flakes and a bitter taste, their chocolate chip ice cream showed flashes of the old Emack and Bolio's genius which earned them a Best of Boston award. The vanilla ice cream was rich and the chocolate chunks were large and at the right temperature to melt in your mouth...
...Made in America is basically one long evasive action, a nice little entertainment designed to whisper sweet nothings in our ear about two very edgy matters, race and sex. Because it's so comforting, it will probably make a ton of money. But bitter truth -- anyway an occasional touch of it -- can be funny too and, these days, quite useful...