Word: bitters
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...condemn his apparent electoral loss as a fraud. It is unlikely to be their last. This week Conservative Felipe Calderón, a member of Fox's National Action Party (PAN), is expected to be declared the winner by a razor-thin margin, after two months of ballot recounts and bitter legal challenges. But thousands of López Obrador stalwarts insist they will continue occupying the Zócalo, Mexico City's main plaza, and the Paseo de la Reforma, its principal avenue, where they have been living for weeks under pup tents and sprawling tarpaulins. "We'll stay here as long...
...when it's wounded and weakened than when it rises and growls. But we have not merely returned to the messy family arguments of Sept. 10. We are divided at home, dreaded abroad, in need of a hard conversation about America's vital interests and abiding values but too bitter and suspicious to have...
...It’s almost over. Well, not quite. You’ll still be in the midst of the midterm season, the rain is incessant, and you could get involved in bitter group politics. The year is coming quickly to a close, however—and, after March, how bad could it really...
...months. Democratic Senators Patty Murray and Hillary Clinton dropped their objections Thursday to confirming Andrew von Eschenbach, acting FDA commissioner since September 2005; the Senators had vowed to stall von Eschenbach's nomination at the committee stage until the emergency contraception was made available over the counter. But more bitter response erupted immediately from conservative and faith-based groups, some calling on President Bush to withdraw von Eschenbach's nomination altogether because of the pills that, if taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex, can greatly reduce the chance of pregnancy...
...balance has returned, for the better of both France and the beleaguered and delicate ceasefire. France already has some 15,000 troops deployed in peacekeeping and peace-enforcement operations around the world. Its troops have learned through bitter experience what to do (i.e. robust rules of engagement in the Ivory Coast) and what not to do (i.e. the dangerously diffuse and lethargic chain of command in Bosnia). UNIFIL will profit greatly from their increased presence, particularly since their number will suffice to stifle the discussion about whether French General Alain Pellegrini should retain his command of the UNIFIL force; that...