Word: bitters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...most of us at Cornell, our campaign for black studies was not negative, bitter or antiwhite in any way, but many white faculty were dismayed by these demands; to them such studies were not even a legitimate academic topic. When the most emotional black students and the most emotional faculty began to dominate debate in their respective circles, violent confrontation became unavoidable...
What the hearings will do to Talmadge's chances for election to a fifth Senate term next year is uncertain. After a string of personal setbacks-the death by drowning of his son Robert, the bitter divorce from Betty, a bout with alcoholism that once sent him reeling onto the Senate floor-Talmadge has little left but his political career, and he intends to fight for it. He defiantly reaffirmed his candidacy in February, upon emerging from the Long Beach Naval Medical Center after five weeks of treatment that he says cured his drinking problem. Two weeks...
...Tories entered the campaign with a lead of up to 21% in early polling. That was largely a result of public anger and frustration over a bitter winter of strikes and industrial strife that severely undermined Labor's claim to be the only party that could deal successfully with Britain's powerful trade unions. As the campaign continued, the Tory lead steadily dwindled; two days before the election one poll even showed a slight Labor edge. There seemed little doubt about the reason for the decline: the personality of Margaret Thatcher. To avoid a major gaffe by their outspoken leader...
...that climactic struggle will have the immense privilege of facing the New York Rangers for Lord Stanley's Cup. Fred Shero's overachievers sent the New York Islanders into deep depression last night by grabbing a 2-1 lead in the second period and holding it until the bitter end, when Madison Square Garden, better known for its pro wrestling exravaganzas, exploded into cheers...
...Thatcher's tough stand on union abuses, he charged that Tory plans for legal reforms in industrial relations could lead to a disastrous conflict of views between the unions and government. The union leaders, whose battle with Callaghan over his proposed 5% wage ceilings led to a bitter winter of strikes and slowdowns, endorsed the message, closing ranks as they had not done for years. Pledging his allegiance to Labor, Moss Evans, general secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union, said that "working with the Tories would be like running a cross-country race barefoot." Sidney Weighell...