Word: souring
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...there will be any controversy about the movie itself; attacks on the film's content have been uniform in the last 60 years. But whether or not any original analysis emerges, a peaceful showing and reasoned condemnation of Birth of a Nation will do much to wash away the sour taste of Saturday night...
...people wondered why no one from the Afro-American Studies Department had been appointed to the panel that will oversee the development of Harvard's black research facility. As it turns out, the administration thought it had chosen someone from Afro for the DuBois board, but the appointment went sour at the last minute...
...conduct the SALT negotiations and reach a SALT agreement until after our intelligence techniques had improved to the degree that we could tell whether the Soviets were going to abide by the agreements. On a number of occasions, we have identified a situation that was getting very sour in some country or between two countries. By reporting the facts and our assessment, we generated diplomatic action so that the trouble we predicted did not happen. For instance, peace arrangements might have broken down, but because of our intelligence, negotiations saved the situation...
...polarize the current range of opinion--once recommendations become official, those who disagree with them are forced to attempt to change them by mass petitioning, demonstrations or other means that discourage compromise and reasonable discussion. Strong opposition to recommendations suddenly sprung upon the community is liable to leave a sour note to whatever resolution Harvard and Radcliffe decide upon...
...members of the Eritrean Liberation Front (E.L.F.), which is waging a bloody secessionist battle. Tenneco has already agreed to an E.L.F. demand for $3 million in ransom, but the Ethiopian government refuses to meet another demand to release five jailed guerrillas. Meanwhile, the four captives survive mainly on a sour porridge called durra, the staple of the region. Not surprisingly, they have all lost weight. But, as Tavela told an Italian journalist who recently toured the guerrilla territory...