Word: bitters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...next day, Spiro's longest day, included a luncheon meeting of New York builders. Even on the brink of ruin, Agnew could not resist opening with the bitter jest that he had considered holding a "provocative discussion on the relationship of architects and engineers to the political fund-raising process." Later in the afternoon Spiro Agnew met as Vice President with President Nixon for the last time. For 40 minutes, the two men were alone in the Oval Office, sitting in chairs beside the fireplace beneath a painting of George Washington. When they were done talking about the bargain...
Nightly Blackout. In contrast to gloom in Israel jubilation swept Arab cities. Everywhere Arab newspapers carried pictures of Israeli prisoners and the wreckage of vaunted Phantom jets. Al-Ahram Editor Hassanein Heikal quoted Soviet Ambassador to Cairo Vladimir Vinogradov as saying: "I have experienced sweet and bitter days, but this is the prime of my career in Egypt...
...their wretched showing in the Six-Day War, when their troops broke and ran from the advancing Israelis. The public scorn, humiliation-and self-contempt-rankled, leaving behind smoldering hatred for Israel and a lust for revenge. Among sensitive Arabs the public shame of their defeats was as bitter as the loss of territory. Pride looms large in the Arab psyche; its loss is an intolerable affront...
Egyptian military commanders said Egyptian troops have encircled Israeli forces near the Central Bitter Lakes section of the Suez canal. They called on Israelis there to "surrender or face complete destruction...
...Grande Bouffe (The Big Feast) ought, at least, to have been in bad taste, but it is in no taste at all. When the film was shown earlier this year at the Cannes Film Festival, it provoked bitter arguments and a few fistfights. It must have been a slow year. The only curious thing about La Grande Bouffe is that, dealing with such subject matter, it turns out to be so thoroughly insipid...