Word: bitters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There are other problems. The orchestra is about to lose its permanent conductor. Brian Priestman is leaving this year, and there is no replacement in sight. More seriously, the symphony has been through a bitter lockout in which the issue was a big cutback in the number of weeks per season (and therefore...
...real position was. It was only natural, therefore, that Nasser should bequeath a legacy of suspicion and alertness. It wasn't easy for Nasser to have anybody for his friend, in the full sense of the term, because of his tendency to be wary, suspicious, extremely bitter, and highly strung. By this I do not mean, however, that Nasser lacked all sense of loyalty; on the contrary, I mean to point out his sharpness of mind. From my record in the armed forces, and from his experience since we first met early in life, he gathered...
...repressive sections in a self-interested maneuver for the chairmanship of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Unfortunately, Senator James O. Eastland (D-Miss.), the long-time chairman of that committee, decided not to retire, leaving Kennedy in the lurch with a bill he will have to see through to the bitter end. Kennedy has apparently pushed the bill through the Senate, but the going will be tougher in the House, and it may well not reach the House floor during the current session...
...bitter irony of an article about the hockey team's prospects, written just before the Pennsylvania administration announced the termination of the varsity program at the university, compounded the bitterness and disappointment of team members and supporters. The elimination of hockey, along with the announced cancellation of professional theater at the Annenberg Center, formed the emotional basis for what developed into a monumental four-day sit-in at the Philadelphia campus...
...without consulting the people involved in the affected programs. Hockey coach Bob Finke, who learned that his team had been eliminated only after reading a story in The Daily Pennsylvanian, characterized the feelings of many when he said, "The decision, you've gotta accept that. The thing I'm bitter about is how the decision was relayed to me and the kids...