Word: rancorous
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...permanent legal fence in the Timor Sea, the difference in firepower and tactics could hardly be greater. It is as if a small guerrilla force was facing an opponent that could call in air strikes at any moment. So far, the engagement has produced only bad blood and rancor...
...down recently to do something unheard of--exchange ideas with employees. From the back, a consultant acting as a "marriage counselor" observed silently as flight attendants and pilots, airport workers and reservationists, and even skycaps made suggestions about how to improve service for American's premium passengers. The rancor of early meetings was gone, replaced by--what's this?--a raucous cheer that went up when flight attendants learned they had won a round in a yearlong battle for...half-and-half. Yes, the real thing is again part of coffee service in first class on American. "They've been...
...video-nerd one-upmanship, Vol. 2 is a relationship movie, a character study. It focuses on a handful of ornery but ordinary folks--the three remaining killers--and the flashes of rancor, jealousy, ennui and humor that illuminate their lives in the moments before the Bride tries to end them. The two brothers even achieve a reflective acceptance of their guilt. As Budd tells Bill, "That woman deserves her revenge. And we deserve to die." A pause. "Then again, so does she." Well, nobody's perfect...
...women’s baseball league you’ll probably remember from “A League of Their Own.” In the article, a feisty ex-pitcher recalled her career as a pitcher for the Rockford Peaches. She said, without any real rancor, that her skirted uniform stopped four inches above her knee, and that the league, early in its history, ran a charm school for its players. Suddenly, the league’s title grated. “Girls” seemed as antique and demeaning as the skirts or the charm school. Wasn?...
...past, in-house votes for mayor among the nine elected city councillors have often sparked partisan rancor that can last long into the year. Last night, many councillors cited this bitterness in explaining their votes for the measure...