Word: bitters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...rare occasions the women replied in bitter kind: "Male Chauvinists Better Start Shakin'-Today's Pig Is Tomorrow's Bacon." But mostly the demonstrations were signally good-natured, marked by cheerful and witty posters: "No Vietnamese Ever Called...
...Bitter Disappointment. The Israeli delegate's sudden departure was caused by growing tension in the coalition government of Golda Meir. The Israelis are deeply concerned about the U.S.'s relaxed stance toward the alleged Egyptian violations of the ceasefire. Israeli Premier Golda Meir declared on television: "Had we known that things would develop as they have, with the Egyptian contravention of the ceasefire, we would not have agreed to enter into the peace talks. We have been bitterly disappointed." Israel Galili, the Minister without portfolio who is Mrs. Meir's closest adviser, told TIME Correspondent Marlin Levin...
...Bibliophile. Examination of the daily news summary tends to substantiate the staff's contention that it gives the President-referred to as RN in the digest-the bitter with the sweet. Last week, for instance, it contained the caustic appraisals of Vice President Spiro Agnew that came in response to Agnew's attack on the McGovern-Hatfield end-the-war amendment. It also took note of Senator Edward Kennedy's statement that he was "shocked and disappointed" by the Nixon decision to retain quotas on oil imports...
These dreams of glory are made possible largely by the success of a hardedged, modest movie called Joe (TIME, July 27), an attempt to dramatize the bitter frustrations of Spiro Agnew's hardhats. Made on a starvation budget of $300,000 (even Easy Rider cost $100,000 more), Joe has already grossed that much in New York City box-office revenue alone. "We didn't think it was going to do this well," admits Cannon President Christopher Dewey. Considering their youth and collegiate looks, this is probably the first time that Dewey and his partner, Dennis Friedland...
...many other financial districts of the nation, pay cuts and wholesale layoffs are the order of the day. Top brokers, who once earned $100,000 or more a year, are down to a small fraction of that. Quite a few junior customers' men have left the business, bitter...