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...fall of 2001, Willig began working as a teaching fellow. Her stints leading sections of History 10a, “Western Societies, Politics, and Cultures,” and Historical Study B-57, “The Second British Empire,” left Willig with a bittersweet taste...
...Neither this awareness, nor her sister's death, has dampened her enthusiasm for life and work. Evans, who lives with her partner of eight years and their 12-week-old daughter, is back to juggling journalism with the beginnings of her second novel. If she can reproduce the frank, bittersweet voice of her debut, then her writing career, too, may end up being magical...
...They were busy buying up all of Allston,” Rees said last Friday. “I had just moved from Allston so it was really bittersweet to see these people planning the chess board of taking over this great neighborhood...
Presson, who represented both boys, found it "very bittersweet" when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week that it was cruel and unusual to sentence anyone to death for crimes committed before the age of 18. "I'm happy for those on death row, but it came six years too late for Sean and two years too late for Scott," says Presson. "We've been arguing for decades that kids don't have the same moral culpability that adults have, and finally, finally, they listened...
...opera, Lost, performed onstage. Shortly after her death in July 2003, Lost, an adaptation of the children's tale Hansel and Gretel, debuted at the New York International Fringe Festival. The sold-out audience was filled with weeping friends, colleagues and admirers. For family members, the experience was bittersweet. "She desperately wanted to see the opera performed before she died," says Jessica's mother Jennifer Schneider. "One of the most painful things to me is that she missed it by only three weeks." Schneider attended many performances and had a professional DVD made of the show. "It connects...