Word: bitters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...mean? Lon Nol had reason enough to claim "ill health"; in addition to the lingering effects of his stroke, he suffers from diabetes and high blood pressure. But his short-lived resignation was also designed to deal with a governmental malaise. While the Premier was away, a bitter struggle flared between his two closest advisers: his brother Lieut. Colonel Lon Non, who commands a Cambodian army brigade, and Vice Premier Sisowath Sirik Matak, a shrewd administrator who is said to be "like a copilot...
...Arlington National Cemetery, lobbying on Capitol Hill, then fanning out across the city-as they have in New Jersey and elsewhere -to take over one neighborhood after another in mock "search and destroy" missions. The "Winter Soldiers"-named after the troops who stayed at Valley Forge during the bitter winter of 1777-will conclude their demonstrations on April 23 at the Capitol. The ex-G.I.s will turn in their service medals, placing them in green body bags normally used to transport combat dead, for presentation to President Nixon...
...Dead. When Stokes was elected in 1967, Cleveland, like half a dozen other cities, had experienced bitter riots. Stokes, the first black mayor of a major urban center, became a symbol of hope in Cleveland; and in the glare of national attention, the city embarked on an ambitious program of revitalization and reconciliation called "Cleveland: Now!" The program, to be financed with private donations as a seed fund for federal grants, had the backing of the white business establishment and much of the rest of the community...
...North House swimmers, bitter after losing to South House in both the Fall Marathon and the House Swimming Meet, swam like they meant it to edge out the other two contenders. North totalled 3471 20-yard lengths, followed closely by South with...
...billion which Congress authorized for sundry urban purposes in 1971. This act cost Boston at least $15 million of the $50 million Mayor White says is needed to hold the property tax rate at its current $156.80. For most state and local officials, federal revenue will come with bitter irony- if it comes...