Word: bitterness
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Rather than settling the issue, the report is likely to mark the opening round of long and bitter debate. Several congressional committees have made plans to ask the commission members to explain their findings, perhaps as early as this week. Those hearings could get heated. "It's a question of where the pro-life movement wants to draw the line," says Connecticut Congressman Christopher Shays, a Republican. "If they believe that life begins at conception, as they do, this could, sadly, become a very contentious issue...
Believe in institutions, but do not marry them. Establishments exist to moderate; they look for function. You are likely to work for some company or other, but keep a safe distance. There is no contempt as bitter as that felt by compromised minds for the independent ones that have joined them. Grin broadly at the water cooler, and go home to where you live...
...final loss was kind of bitter," Wilmot said, remembering the season. "It would've been nice to go to the Final Four. But I couldn't ask for anything else as a senior...
...final seconds ticked off of the clock, and as the rowdy Lynah Rink faithful began chanting, "End of season," the Harvard hockey team finally faced the bitter truth that dreams don't always come true. For in many ways, the season had been over for some time...
However, Sena also praised Rawlins's administration for uniting the council after the fall's bitter debates...