Word: bitters
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...some vulnerabilities on the issue that is considered his greatest strength. Bush tried to walk a delicate line with the commission: he supported its recommendation to create a new national intelligence director but wouldn't give the position the power that comes only with budget authority. That avoided a bitter turf war within his Administration, but it left him open to charges--not only from Kerry but also from Republican members of the commission--that he was dodging real reform. The commission's Republican chairman Tom Kean even went so far as to tell TIME that the watered-down version...
...longtime Republican strategist, who along with others has been worried that Bush's efforts to galvanize his socially conservative base by pushing, say, the gay-marriage ban, would permanently alienate moderate voters. In the run-up to the G.O.P. Convention, Bush will spend so much time with his former bitter primary rival John McCain, the party's moderate icon, that it may very well look as if Bush is running with the wrong white-haired, balding guy. McCain is scheduled to stump by himself for Bush in Florida next week and then be joined by the candidate...
...melitzanosalata Known to the Greeks as eggplant caviar, this is a great dip for picnics or as a starter for more formal meals. The locals enjoy melitzanosalata's smoky, somewhat bitter flavor with warm Greek bread and a glass of dry white wine. One of the best places to sample the dip is at the grapevine-covered Sholarheion on 14 Tripodon Street, tel: (30-210) 324 7605, in the less touristy section of the Plaka district. If you want to whip up your own batch back home, skin a baked eggplant while it's still fairly hot, then mash...
After months of bitter complaining in conference rooms over thick coffee and cigarettes, Yasser Arafat's critics within his own Fatah Party burst into the open last week. As riots rocked Gaza, parliamentarians threatened a hunger strike unless Arafat agreed to reform his corrupt administration and hand over control of the military to a new Prime Minister to replace Ahmed Qurei, who wants to resign. But so far Arafat has remained defiant, refusing to accept Qurei's resignation, accusing opponents of a conspiracy to shove him aside and denying that he will give up any power. "I'm not going...
Byrd emphatically echoed that sentiment, calling upon the audience to overcome the bitter partisanship that currently divides America and to launch a coordinated effort to prevent “the dimming of freedom’s flame...