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...this case, three of five) gather to discuss government affairs. To be sure, the commissioners may routinely follow the same practice, but the deliberate dodging of the public-meetings law on such a politically explosive decision--one that was ultimately made without a single public hearing--would later spark bitter complaints...
West may have left Harvard for Princeton in 2002 after a bitter public dispute with University President Lawrence H. Summers, but in many ways his presence continues to be felt at the College. The photograph of West—prominently displayed at the department’s office—is only the most conspicuous symbol of this fact...
...weekend left a bitter taste for players and coaches, who had similarly come down to the wire and won against Dartmouth in the season’s final series in 2002 and 2003. But with a host of positives—including sophomore Zak Farkes’ assault on the Harvard record books—to be found in an otherwise painful weekend, it was not the way Harvard played that ultimately shattered the Crimson’s title dreams...
...unavailing, there is always marketing. The U.S. Potato Board and Idaho Potato Commission, alarmed at a 5% drop in potato consumption, have launched separate ad campaigns playing up the vitamin C and potassium in spuds and the energy value of carbs for active people. Orange-juice manufacturers are bitter over a similar decline in consumption that they attribute to Agatston's South Beach diet, which holds that o.j. carries an excessive sugar load. "Obesity? Diabetes? These are not a by-product of people drinking too much orange juice," says Eric Boomhower of the Florida department of citrus. At one point...
...head, isn't it?!") The Kids were also among the first TV comics to deal with gay issues in depth, thanks largely to the out-and-how Scott Thompson, who played queeny lounge philosopher Buddy Cole. Also memorable are the subtle character pieces--and the unsubtle ones, like the bitter man who pretends to crush his enemies' heads between his fingers. Before the media discovered him in the '90s, the Angry White Male had arrived on TV. And as it turned out, he sometimes liked to wear a dress. --By James Poniewozik