The free annotation of PI items by the subjects resulted in an inclusion of 14 more new items: forced laugh, bitter laugh, excitement, emphasis, calling for attention, interest, gentleness, real feeling expression, sympathy, keenness, emotion quoting, diffidence, undecided, and talking-to-oneself.
"Beta Cocktails," the mixologists Maksym Pazuniak and Kirk Estopinal's excellent new book of counterintuitive mixed drinks, contains a number of potions that — with their emphasis on Italian bitters and amari like Cynar, Campari and Averno — perform well both as appetite-spiking aperitifs and digestion-aiding after-dinner drinks.
At Esca, David Pasternack, the chef, tempers bitter dandelion greens with an anchovy vinaigrette, then for emphasis, lays white anchovy fillets, marinated in vinegar, atop the salad.
Historically, independent voters have responded to specific issues and concerns, in particular an emphasis on government reform and an aversion to overly bitter partisan wrangling.
Front pages are unblushingly partisan, and proportionality can get lost in the headline emphasis on "clashes" and "storms" and "rows," which are always "bitter" ones.
The current incarnation shifts the emphasis to James Goldman's book, which is largely devoted to disenchanted husbands and wives sounding clever and bitter.
"Bitter, bitter," Lance said.
