Word: bitters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Hieu and Toai's accusations reflect their complete disillusionment with Communism, a sharp turnaround from their earlier revolutionary actions. Toai in particular is bitter about the failure of the NLF ideals, and blames the Hanoi regime for co-opting the NLF and radicalizing its more moderate platform. He says he refused to serve on the NLF Finance Committee because he was chosen to draw up a plan to confiscate all private property in Vietnam, not an original NLF proposal. The idealistic people in the NLF sought to rely upon the power of Hanoi to overthrow the Saigon government, but once...
...conclusion, Harvard has not made a sincere effort to come to grips with this important international issue. It has yet to make an examination in good faith of alternative investment strategies, ones not predicated on the bitter harvest of apartheid...
...back on the scene, leading some exciting bands and experiencing unprecedented popularity; his Three or Four Shades of Blues (1977) sold over 50,000 records. But Charles Mingus had seen too much to become the grinning elder statesman of post-war jazz--he was far too scarred and too bitter to become America's darling in the manner of a Louis Armstrong...
...cause to be bitter but never was. Her deteriorating health is either ignored in her letters or mentioned offhandedly. She had been corresponding with one friend for some time before she asked...
...prefers immediate chewing, despite the bitter taste. "It's just a question of mind over matter, a conditioning thing. Like eating oysters...