Word: bitters
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...once lived, daring anything, only to bring Jason pleasure, lives now, fearing nothing, only to give him pain. Just for the bitter anguish it will cause him, she can bring herself to murder their children...
...Farley, ex-Democratic chairman, distributed bitter pills at a Wellesley College anniversary banquet. Because of the "frightful . . . pressure," reported Farley gravely, "I do not believe any woman is physically and emotionally strong enough to serve out a full presidential term...
...Plan to keep the non-Communist part of the world stronger. True, the fear of war had grown. But fear and vigilance were close kin. The danger of war between Russia and the West had always lain in the possibility that the West would not understand the danger. The bitter candor of recent weeks was prophylactic, not symptomatic. As Ed Howe used to say: "A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice...
...United States by the Communists and crypto-Communists and fellow travelers in our island. Their interests and their instructions naturally lead them to say everything in their power to make division between us. You should completely ignore their taunts and jeers-for instance, I noticed in the newspaper bitter words from a Mr. Priestley, who gained some acceptance in the war from the fact that we used him for broadcasting purposes. He has no influence. No American should allow himself to be irritated or offended by such diatribe. They do not represent in the slightest degree the feelings...
...involvement with Communist Party supporters would hamstring honest resolution of public issues--as well as prove "bad politics." Now the defensibility of this premise has been weakened; for ADA's careerist Democrats seemingly cannot face up to foreign policy unhandcuffed by their own Truman-tied Party Line. The resultant bitter feuding between ADA and PCA on international questions has prevented coordinated planning on domestic policy--where the two see eye to eye for the most part. Neither of course holds any appreciable number of votes. But separate endorsements of different Congressional candidates and different vice-presidential nominees next spring...