Word: bitterest
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...Lincoln's mother Nancy dies from "milk sickness" after drinking milk from a cow that has eaten poisonous snakeroot. Lincoln would later write of sorrow coming to him with "bitterest agony" when he was young...
Accordingly, Trojan takes his time, drawing the story out and eschewing the fast-paced action-oriented style of most Hollywood films, while still maintaining the audience’s undivided attention. There are extended moments in this film when the Germans seem far, far away and the bitterest and most dangerous of Eliska’s enemies seem to be limited to that shifty-eyed drunk who lives on the other side of the hill. Once directly confronted by the war, however, all of the villagers quickly come together and even the unlikeliest of heroes come to their neighbors?...
...around the country, more kids find themselves shuttling between quietly seething--or outwardly warring--parents. Mom has to raise her darling baby boy with her bitterest enemy. Dad has to negotiate ballet pickups and preteen dating policies with an ex he would rather forget. According to Isolina Ricci, author of the groundbreaking book Mom's House, Dad's House: Making Two Homes for Your Childpublished in 1980, shortly after joint custody entered the legal system10% to 12% of divorcing parents continue to be hostile after their marriage is over. Today, she says, "learning how to navigate joint custody has become...
...sche, because the CDU, which favors more sweeping measures than Schröder's party does, will be able to use its legislative veto to bargain for deeper reforms. That kind of progress will be scant comfort for Schröder. "The SPD has experienced one of the bitterest defeats that I have seen in my political life," the stunned Chancellor told a press conference. "I have to carry this responsibility." Schröder said his big mistake was not adequately explaining his reform ideas. But his bigger mistake was breaking his promise of no new taxes in the election...
...even the bitterest of adolescences can turn sweet with the passage of time and the onslaught of nostalgia. Author and filmmaker Dai Sijie proved this when he hit literary gold in 2000 with Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, his semi-autobiographical tale of discovering literature and love as a member of China's lost generation. Now Dai, who spent 1971 to 1974 exiled in a village in the mountains of Sichuan province, has directed a big-screen version of his fable, The Little Chinese Seamstress (naming it "Balzac," one suspects, wouldn't sell tickets...