Word: bitters
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Chulkaturin were a clown, his words, his perception, his ability to endure the "slings and arrows" could not possibly be convincing. When Huston smiles, it is the quiet smile, the wise and tolerant smile, that can appear only on the lips of the man who has known a bitter fate and has, ultimately, perceived the irony of it. He knows, quite well, that there is indeed another ending. JERALD R. GERST
...recollection of these words evoked bitter irony last week. Kennedy's career was threatened not by a violent enemy or a political foe but by a scandal that revealed a shocking lapse of judgment and control...
...Bitter Message...
...Newton, 19, a sophomore at Maine's Colby College: "The astronauts' achievement was great, but I'm sorry that our country doesn't put as much money into solving the problems of war, poverty and sickness." Outside the Manned Space Center, black demonstrators carried the bitter message: "Good luck from the hungry children of Houston...
...response from business associations and Chambers of Commerce. They held briefings and sent out thousands of letters informing executives about the program and recommending screening procedures to keep activists off payrolls. J. Edgar Hoover warned that union members would face "fanatic, anarchist revolutionaries" who have left behind them "a bitter wake of arson, vandalism, bombings and destruction across the nation" and who believe that "unions should be destroyed, along with the Government, the military, private industry and law enforcement." New York's Commerce and Industry Association held a meeting, closed to outsiders, at which 250 executives were given lengthy...