Word: bitters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Those who remained must deal with another problem: the bitter division between black advocates of the internal settlement and those who support the Patriotic Front. Says a student: "There is too much tension in the towns between those who support [Bishop Abel] Muzorewa or [the Rev. Ndabaningi] Sithole and backers of the Patriotic Front. Sometimes it leads to people being knifed. If we talked politics, the same would happen here. We are in a different world here. It would be nice if we never had to leave...
...bitter battle in the "gymnasium of the mind...
...renewed fighting was touched off by a bitter feud involving the country's three major Christian factions: Pierre Gemayel's Phalangists, Camille Chamoun's National Liberals, and forces loyal to former President Suleiman Franjieh, a close ally of Syrian President Hafez Assad. The dispute centers on the fact that Gemayel and Chamoun would like to create a separate Christian state in northern Lebanon, while Franjieh supports a unified nation. Franjieh also believes the country's sovereignty is best guaranteed by the presence of the Syrian army...
...reaction in Buffalo to the trade (if you can call it simply a trade) was somewhat of a cross between out rage and bitter relief...
...sheer resiliency. As soon as the crowds forget who he was and what he did--as soon as they forget the dike bombing and the "secret war" and the wiretappings and the dirty tricks--as soon as they remember only the "New Nixon," humble and repentent, brushing back the bitter tears to offer his countrymen some sage advice--then the man will have won his biggest prize...