Sentence examples for at a bitter from inspiring English sources

He and fellow Japanese Hiroshi Amano and Isamu Akasaki shared 2014's physics award for developing a blue light-emitting diode (LED), which was at the center at a bitter patent dispute more than a decade ago at about the time Nakamura left Japan.

Meanwhile, officials from the transit union, Local 100 of the Transport Workers Union of America, hinted at a bitter fight over wages when its contract expires in December 2005.

Shortly after he finished fourth in the 2001 New York City Democratic mayoral primary, with 30 years in public life at a bitter end, Alan G. Hevesi decided he could not stay out of what he calls "the business".

Abkhazia's victory in the 1992 - 1993 war came at a bitter price: Georgia accused it of ethnic cleansing and severed all trade; many buildings were destroyed and the republic is desperately poor.

Mr. Eisold's voice has the certainty of Dave Gahan and the quiver of Robert Smith, and Cold Cave's music is deeply indebted to New Order and, in weaker spots, even has a touch of A Flock of Seagulls: the synths hit hard, vibrating at a bitter frequency, and the guitars are tuned to just this side of serrated jangle.

Sharif's younger brother Shahbaz, leading the party in his absence, suggested he would challenge the results, hinting at a bitter legal battle but one he was unlikely to win, given that the army and judiciary have typically worked hand in glove.

I expected some obscenities or at least a bitter "Merry Christmas," but not a peep.

The decision by Validus appears to cap what had been at times a bitter fight for control of Transatlantic.

In 1967, Brown wrote an essay about his time at Kirkcaldy High, a bitter, detailed account of how the experiment had affected him.

"In other words, are they competing against Google, Apple and Facebook, or media companies?" With Yahoo management and Mr. Loeb at odds, a bitter proxy fight may be inevitable.

Though the Timbers pushed their guests Real Salt Lake in what was at times a bitter, rain-sodden match, in-form keeper Nick Rimando somehow kept out Diego Valeri and Darlington Nagbe to hand Portland their first scoreless result since July 13th.