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...Democrat. He became a local prosecutor in 1980 at age 27--the youngest in state history. But in the early 1990s, he sensed changes in the political winds, critics say, and switched parties. "Charlie Condon will be anything that 51% of the population wants him to be," says a bitter Dick Harpootlian, a Columbia lawyer who lost to Condon in 1994. "He's now helping move South Carolina faster toward the 19th century than toward the 21st...
...bitter fruit of George Bush's decision not to finish off Saddam is with us today: the suffering and death of thousands of Kurds and Arabs, constant subterfuge and concealment of Iraqi efforts to rearm with terrorist weapons, infliction of deprivation that Saddam blames on the U.N. sanctions, and a litany of other atrocious deeds. No wonder the Israelis, realists by bitter experience, are once again buying gas masks. Former President Bush, like Macbeth, has "scotch'd the snake, not kill'd it," with predictable consequences. DAVID H. SPODICK Northborough, Mass...
...transition from Harvard undergraduate to single mother was a bit bumpier for Ocon. The months that followed her return to southern California sent her on a rollercoaster ride of the unexpected: the joys of motherhood, a bitter breakup and a custody battle that made national headlines...
Perhaps I am only bitter about this situation because I know that my beloved Marlins will not be able to compete for a World Series title again in the foreseeable future. But there are many people out there who are equally embittered because their favorite teams are also unable to obtain quality at players at today's prices...
Spencer's marriage to the former model Victoria Lockwood fell apart three years ago. But only last week did the two parties engage in bitter court battle to decide whether their divorce should proceed in Britain or in South Africa, where both now reside. Lockwood, who wants the case moved back to Britain, claimed that the couple did not expect to live permanently in South Africa and that Spencer had lied about his reasons for moving the family there in the first place. He said, she said, that the move was to allow their children to escape the glare...