Word: bitters
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...House of Representatives a bitter feud waged over the appointment of a Premier and the election of a Speaker. Wu Ching-Lien, the present speaker, was apparently determined to secure the Premiership or prevent the confirmation of another candidate. This had the effect of dividing the House into two factions-pro-Wu and anti-Wu, the result being that a free fight occurred when an anti-Wu man attempted to force a new election for the Speakership in order to get rid of Wu. As to the Premiership, Wu's supporters were not strong enough to secure his confirmation...
Inez and Jeffrey quarreled; Jeffrey went into the Tank Corps, though not to France, and collected material for a bitter novel, Squads Right About. Then Inez, after making up with him again, eliminated him conclusively in favor of a pimply young man named Todd?and Jeffrey went to the modern devil of our age, who is not a merry companion, for a while. But he mended himself with courage and the memories of an old and youthful content?snow-water and the unguent of irony?a gorgeous fistfight released him from certain delusions?Joan's path crossed his again...
...case of a few people with bitter feelings toward Great Britain inciting the greater part of a nation and blindly turning them toward their narrow viewpoint." General Allen pointed out next...
...novel of Anatole France the monk continues to exist, shameless and bitter; in the opera he is forgotten...
...says that she began writing when she was twelve and soon afterwards, at the age of 14, engaged extensively in newspaper correspondence concerning the suffrage movement. Although her championship of women's rights brought her wide attention, she is still chiefly known in England for her brilliant and bitter criticism...