Word: sours
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...point, the sour relations between burly Soviet Delegate Yakov Malik and the U.S.'s acerbic Ambassador John Scali broke into a nasty public spat. In a shrewd parliamentary maneuver, Malik tried to get certain changes he favored incorporated in a revised text of a report by Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim on the U.N. force. Scali, who thought that he had reached agreement with Malik on the report in a behind-the-scenes huddle, was apoplectic. "Breach of faith!" he shouted, shaking his finger at Malik, as other delegates watched in stunned dismay. "Nonsense!" Malik shouted back. As a result...
...defeat didn't sour the Radcliffe team on waterpolo. At an ice-cream party after the game, the women decided to take the sport seriously and to perfect their strategies...
This view begins to sour under her brother's increasingly critical examination. Lesley has arrived unexpectedly from college, upending previous plans, and then left her Westchester home almost immediately for the Long Island estate of wealthy cousins Phil and Helene. Nicky, his suspicions aroused by a string of untoward happenings, gradually unravels the incredible story: his cute older sister is a killer...
...curtain would then close in December in the NCAA post-season tournament with Harvard bowing out in either the quarter or semifinal round, and an otherwise successful season would end on a uniformly sour note...
WHEN A NEW administration takes office in an atmosphere of high expectations, its first year generally closes on a sour note of fturstrated hopes, even a sense of betrayal. By the middle of its second year, however, it has a better feel for the lay of the land and has learned from its early mistakes. Then, once its newness has worn off, it can settle down to its business. So it is with Radcliffe...