Word: bittersweetness
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Even this victory was bittersweet, however, as Penn defeated Cornell today to seize sole possession of the Ivy Crown...
Even this victory was bittersweet, however, as Penn defeated Cornell today to seize sole possession of the Ivy Crown...
...losses were particularly bittersweet given the strong contingent of Harvard fans present at the Malkin Athletic Center this weekend. Capacity crowds turned out with boisterous cheers and creative signs—including “Pernilla is a Killa,” “You Just Got Schooled by Gould” and “Come on Ash, Give it a Smash”—to root Harvard on to its first ever double-digit win total in Ivy play...
These are bittersweet days for the Senate Democrats; for a short while longer, they maintain a 50-49 majority and hold the chairs of the country's most powerful committees. But don't expect a last-minute surge of left-leaning legislation. With last week's Republican sweep hanging over their heads, and the looming promise of GOP control, the Dems know it would be extremely imprudent to spend their last weeks in power single-mindedly advancing their own agenda. Payback time, after all, is just around the corner...
...release is bittersweet. This is the selling of Nirvana. There’s nothing left—this is all the band has to offer. Cobain, the self-hating rock star, is trading on his tortured image to cash in on his one last hit, even if it is after his death...