Word: bitterness
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Imagine the Serbian leader's surprise when the opposition didn't just fold. He had counted on its usual spineless disunity. He didn't realize the uncharismatic Kostunica was the critical ingredient that let Serbs imagine an alternative future. He didn't know how bitterly Serbs blamed him for their blighted lives. The accumulated woes of $45-a-month salaries or no employment at all, four lost wars and untold thousands of lost Yugoslav lives, the NATO bombing that dashed an impoverished economy into visible ruins, the bitter years of sanctions and international opprobrium. Domestic repression and self-serving propaganda...
...OFFICIAL DESCRIPTION OF WHY HE WON: "For an oeuvre of universal validity, bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity, which has opened new paths for the Chinese novel and drama...
...Bush may be the one with time on his side. As the markets - and middle-class portfolios - continue to sag, as the fruits of eight years of Clintonian Mideast peacemaking continue to taste bitter, as oil continues its dramatic reappearance on the nation's political and economic stage, Bush's increasingly articulate calls for a manlier U.S. policy - "humble" abroad and self-sufficient at home - may fall favorably on some undecided ears. And having Gulf War vet Dick Cheney around doesn't hurt...
...blackface charade is on the air! A troupe of darkies in their field-workers' clothes and prison garb are singin' and dancin' and funnin' away, in a skewed, bitter, made-for-TV version of the old minstrel show. The feet flash, the banjos are pummeled; the energy level ascends in megavolts, moving beyond satire into irresistible entertainment. And suddenly a weird thought creases the moviegoer's skull: TV could use a comedy-variety show with a self-lacerating edge; and Mantan: The New Millennium Minstrel Show--the defiantly offensive TV parody that is at the heart of Spike...
Heralded by many in the early '90s as the underground heroes of the punk-melodic metal scene, Sunny Day Real Estate has endured a long and torturous history, complete with a bitter break-up in 1995, the subsequent departure of two band members for the Foo Fighters and the conversion of current frontman, Jeremy Enigk to Christianity. The band's 1998 reunion saw the return of William Goldsmith, whose bombastic drum playing rounds out Enigk's rugged vocals and Dan Hoerner's pulsating guitar work...