Word: bittersweets
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...bittersweet gift. Under Saddam, the apartment buildings down the road from the Republican Palace were limited to the dictator's henchmen and their families. Today it houses many of those trying to build a new Iraq, including members of parliament and the families of officials who work in the office of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. One afternoon, officials from the government's judicial branch squared off in a soccer game against employees of the executive branch. It was the kind of scene you almost never see on the evening news: teenagers from the neighborhood playing freely while...
Each act—aptly summarized in titles such as “A Grandmother’s Struggles” and “Department of Social Services”—is a bittersweet and wryly comical vignette of life on the other side of the tracks. There is a good deal of stereotyping and caricature in the script—complete with rappers, drug dealers, and prostitutes. But considering the BlackCAST actors’ abilities to employ those caricatures to profound dramatic effect, that exaggeration of character was not a bad thing...
...decadent Chocolate Expresso is made with cream instead of hot milk - it's so thick it could be mistaken for custard. Frenchman Espouy takes his patrons on a tour of cocoa-producing countries: the Caribbean Santo Domingo, made with 70% cocoa, is spicy and bold, while the bittersweet African Tanzania is reminiscent of a complex cognac. The adventurous will want to try the Infinite Extravagance, made to the ancient Inca recipe, with 100% cocoa liquor and hot milk infused with chilies. For the indecisive, there is a tasting option with a demitasse of each of the above...
...From there, the plot thickens, as Ochs becomes smitten with the disguised Octavian, who falls in love with Sophie von Faninal, who is promised to Ochs. Each of the three acts is packed with deception and bittersweet moments between Octavian, the Marschallin and Sophie...
...same as it began, placing third overall after beating Yale in the consolation match. Princeton would go on to be defeated on Sunday by Trinity, which claimed its ninth straight national title. With the respectable finish, Harvard enjoyed its final moment as a team. “Its a bittersweet moment for the seniors,” sophomore Verdi DiSesa said. “With six of the nine top nine players leaving, its going to be up to [the underclassmen] to work hard.” Five members of the Crimson will be in action again...