"It wasn't nearly as bitter as modern day makes it seem," he said.
The cold was not nearly as bitter and the crowds not as crushing as four years ago, but the turnout was still heavy, as tens of thousands of visitors, clutching maps and toting cameras, filled the city.
These and other similar anecdotes have been picked up by the business press, but Allen's book is not nearly as bitter-sounding as those accounts suggested.
Not long into the first episode, Brian, nearly 30 and bitter about it, spots Justin, a winsome 17-year-old, and in no time hustles him home.
But from Greece's perspective, the I.M.F. would force the government to swallow nearly the same bitter medicine that Germany, France and others have required — but at least Athens would receive guaranteed financial aid from the I.M.F. in return.
But it marks a new phase of American engagement in a bitter, nearly two-year-long conflict that has claimed at least 40,000 lives, threatened to destabilize the region, and defied all outside attempts to end it.
An agreement had been reached earlier this week, ending a lockout and nearly a year of bitter negotiations.
Intel broke the arrangement, AMD sued, and thus began nearly a decade of bitter legal battles between the two companies.
But "Baskets" sees through its hero's bitter eyes: nearly everyone is a loser, a bitch, or a rival.
THE end of their bitter war, nearly five years ago, has done little to unite Sri Lanka's divided communities.
