Word: bitters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...theorems and can all the corollaries about what should happen when Harvard plays a hockey game, any game. Nothing mattered last night, and just about nothing worked, and the Harvard hockey team now has the rest of reading period and all exam time to attempt to swallow the bitter 14-5 trouncing it took last evening at the hands of the Bionic Huskies of Northeastern...
...trip down Memory Lane for the couple; both Wayne and Deedee were members of Emma's company before their marriage, and the long-time-no-see's flow freely backstage between the Rodgers and the older faces in the company. The joyous encounter between Deedee and Emma takes a bitter turn when Deedee contrasts the varied fates that have befallen them following their climactic competition for the same career-launching part in the ballet Anna Karenina. Emma reminds Deedee, "You got pregnant," and the housewife-instructor retorts, "And you got 19 curtain calls...
...building up to a classic display of feminine fisticuffs. The scene is handled perfectly by Ross, as the two friends suddenly dissolve into laughter when they mutually realize the absurd spectacle they are making of themselves. The crisp repartee of Arthur Laurents' script is at its sharpest throughout the bitter exchanges of stored jealousy and rancor, and their final reconciliation ends the film on a suitably touching note...
...attempt to stimulate the French economy without fueling inflation. Instead, they favor proposals of the Common Program, which promises increased benefits and services for workers, raises in salaries and wages, and worker participation in industrial management. But the future of the Common Program is in doubt, because of bitter fighting between its adherents. The Union of the Left, a coalition of Socialists, Communists, and the tiny Leftist Radicals party, shattered dramatically last September 23 when the parties failed to agree on certain details of the Program. As a result, the Socialists and Communists have stopped working together, and the Communists...
...cattle boats began disgorging secretaries, English voices were unheard between New York and the Gold Coast, and I had the best. So the old ladies who used to gush over my cute accent would now be made to pay through the nose for it. Young Chatworth gave a bitter laugh as he remembered how he used to flinch and try to hide that accent. Pah! Does the bearded lady shave? Does Tom Thumb lie about his height? Use it, boy. Sell anything...