Word: bitters
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...spark of patriotism, will see it and send us a letter with their picture enclosed. The picture, or a reasonable facsimile thereof, captioned by the accompanying names, will be emblazoned boldly upon the plane's nose, and we can once more soar majestically over Burma without feeling bitter towards one of the things for which we are fighting-namely AMERICAN WOMANHOOD...
...anti-Wallacemen were deaf. In the hottest terms, Bailey denounced Wallace as the preceptor of wild economics, a "dangerous" man whom it would be "immoral" to confirm. The caucus broke up, with nothing but a bitter taste in everyone's mouth...
There was no optimism in Germany. The Goebbels propagandists had learned that they could wring the last bitter ounce of resistance from the people by telling the truth about the enemy's power and the enemy's inroads-and by painting the enemy's intentions blacker than hell...
Friends & Enemies. Most profound is the sharp increase in hatred of Germans. Perhaps Americans at home still look to ward Japan with deeper hatred, but front line troops in Europe turn their hate to ward the Reich, now that they have struggled with it in bitter combat. That sharpening of hatred is accompanied by increasing concern over what to do with Germany, and by a fellow feeling for the Russian Army, which still kills the most Germans...
Nowhere, outside of China, did the Japanese have the initiative; but everywhere they were mustering for bitter-end resistance on the best available terrain...