Word: bitterly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...bitter opposition of generations of clergy, culminating in this explosion, forced Moliere into open conflict with the church. Professor Lefranc advanced the interesting theory that Moliere wrote "Le Tartuffe," not as an attack against religious hypocrites as a group,. but against religion in general. It was a defence of the legitimate existence of the drama, in the form of an attack on all those who wished to see the realization of the ideals of ascetic Christianity. "Le Tartuffe" is a turning point in the history of this revived paganism that culminated in Voltaire...
...leave this subject without adding one word of the keenest regret. To have given three years of splendid service to Harvard with a fourth well under way as a captain in every sense of the word and then to be deprived of the very thing most desired is a bitter disappointment. No man has deserved more than Captain Burr the pleasure and thrill of leading a team to victory. His has been the spirit of that team from the very first game to the last. It was wise, however, not to let him play as his shoulder was in such...
...York Governor Charles E. Hughes has defeated Lieutenant-Governor Chanler by over 62,000, after a bitter fight, waged mainly on the issue of the governor's reforms. The contest has attracted wide attention throughout the country...
...Rhodes read an interesting paper on economic conditions in this country during President Hayes's administration, paying special attention to the notable manner in which Hayes averted the panics following close after the Civil War. Hayes took the presidential chair only after a bitter struggle with Tilden, and with the reputation of being the only president who ever entered upon that office with the word "Fraud" stamped on his forehead. His struggles with the Senate and with the members of his cabinet, in trying to put an end to the panic that was causing so many strikes throughout the country...
...team in November and the baseball team for Commencement week? In either case the interest of the participants will be decreased one hundred-fold, and of that there can be but one result--intercollegiate athletics will die out. We feel confident that no undergraduate will allow this without a bitter protest...