Word: bitterness
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...image of Rabin and Arafat, once implacable enemies, standing together on the White House lawn captures the drama of the moment more vividly than these words. But the Arafat-Rabin letters will echo loudly through history precisely because of their practical quality. War cries tend to strident emotionalism, while bitter enemies feeling their way toward reconciliation speak wisely in tones of caution. In this case the very flatness of the words was reassuring; Arafat and Rabin had left themselves no room for ambiguity, evasion or disavowal. The veteran antagonists had actually put on paper the idea that generations of Palestinian...
...best way to achieve affordable housing is an issue in itself, as citizens take sides in the longstanding and bitter debate over rent control. Both the pro-rent control Cambridge Tenants Union and the anti-rent control Small Property Owners' Association have endorsed candidates and will be active participants in the campaign...
...best way to achieve affordable housing is an issue in itself, as citizens take sides in the longstanding and bitter debate over rent control. Both the pro-rent control Cambridge Tenants Union and the anti-rent control Small Property Owners' Association have endorsed candidates and will be active participants in the campaign...
...play is above all a vehicle for Hawthorne, in a role akin to Lear. His George III even reads lines from Lear to one of his physicians in a scene indicating recovery. The action is set in 1788 and 1789, and the U.S. colonial uprising is just a bitter memory. The piece focuses far less on politics than on family life and the ambitious scheming of the Prince of Wales...
...part, Rabin was more muted than Peres, treating the agreement as bitter medicine that simply had to be swallowed. He told his party last week that he had no illusions about that "terrorist organization" the P.L.O. Yes, he said, "they are murderers, but you make peace with your enemies. I can't tell you that some formulas in the agreement don't give me stomach pains. But I have to see also the comprehensive picture. We have to take risks...