Word: bitterness
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...first black African to hold the highest U.N. post was chosen only after a round of diplomatic fisticuffs between two increasingly bitter adversaries, France and the U.S. Bruised by the U.S. veto of Boutros-Ghali, its preferred choice, France endorsed three other candidates ahead of Annan. U.S. Secretary of State-designate Madeleine Albright negotiated throughout the week with the French U.N. ambassador. By Thursday, Annan had 14 of the 15 Security Council votes, with only France dissenting, and Paris finally gave way when all three African nations on the council, including Boutros-Ghali's Egypt, united behind the Ghanaian. Annan...
...wanted to marry me. Patrick looked surprised at the question and replied simply, "Because I love David very much and want to spend the rest of my life with him." It is hard to imagine that such an honest and loving statement could be the subject of a bitter national debate. Last week's Hawaii court ruling has increased the tempo of the morals police, who are determined to impose their values on our lives. Unfortunately, there is no shortage of political demagogues willing to build their careers on the fear of change...
...while Nelson paints himself as the candidate of unity, his own record includes a high-profile involvement in the bitter partisanship that sometimes characterizes the council...
Death and taxes aside, two things were long a certainty on the gulf coast of Mississippi: if you died in Biloxi, you would be buried by Jeremiah O'Keefe; if you died in adjacent Gulfport, Bob Riemann would do the honors. A sometimes bitter rivalry existed between their families, but both names remained beacons in the fog of surprise and grief that overcame people upon the death of parents, spouses, siblings and children. Then something happened to Riemann's empire. His mortuaries still bore the name Riemann, and his sons Mike and David still managed the business. Hearses came...
...however, bothered to mention the plan to the Riemanns. They too charged up to Vancouver. David Riemann presented Ray Loewen with a bitter five-page letter in which he questioned Loewen's commitment to "bottoms-up management," Loewen's stated philosophy of delegating authority to regional managers and local funeral directors. Riemann complained that his wife Tammy had been fired by Loewen without notice, then continued, "I have had all responsibility of operations taken from me. I have yet to figure out, or have I ever been told, why I was totally eliminated from any and all operations functions...