Word: bittersweet
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Attempting to earn the come-from-behind win, the Crimson released an onslaught of four consecutive goals while Perlman remained stalwart and collected 10 saves throughout the game. Despite the second-half heroics, however, the team could not surpass the Tigers and eventually fell, 10-8, in a bittersweet loss.“We walked away a little disappointed that we lost but happy that we stuck it to them until the very end,” junior Kelly Peeler said.HARVARD 11, VILLANOVA 2Earlier Saturday morning, the Crimson came out strong against the Wildcats (0-5), scoring seven points...
...spreading like a virus from the jungles until they controlled the entire country, only to systematically dismantle and destroy it in the name of a Communist agrarian ideal. Today, more than 30 years after Vietnamese soldiers removed the Khmer Rouge from power, the first genocide trials will start - a bittersweet note of progress in an impoverished nation still struggling to rehabilitate its crippled economic and human resources...
...relationship but comes off as a little monotonous, and the self-congratulation of “He Wasn’t There,” despite the song’s inspired beginning reminiscent of an old Billie Holiday record, feels a little flat. Still, Allen’s bittersweet lyrics echo long after the record has finished playing, and it’s a challenge to forget her infectious melodies. Don’t be fooled by her darling demeanor; in “It’s Not Me, It?...
...though it was a bittersweet weekend for the Crimson (2-2, 1-1 Hay Division), the relatively young group at times played like a veteran team...
...This arrangement may be a painful pill to swallow, but history has shown again and again that, in convoluted situations, compromise is sometimes bittersweet. Even Nelson Mandela had to make painful concessions. If the opposition effectively capitalizes its parliamentary majority and its dominance in various urban and rural councils while remaining vigilant and principled in its delivery of duty, it will certainly survive this arrangement and usher a new democratic disposition for Zimbabwe. After all, this is a transitional government whose mandate is to ensure socioeconomic stability and facilitate the country’s return to democracy through free...