1.   The fight for the construction contract is getting more bitter by the day.

2.   And it can get bitter.

3.   He is coming off a contract holdout that sometimes got bitter and tested his relationship with Coach Dan Reeves and his teammates.

4.   I got tired of it and I got bitter.

5.   It also has very tender flavor, whereas a lot of the other savoys can get somewhat bitter.

6.   Q. Every year I plant lettuce, and every year when the heat arrives, the lettuce stretches and gets bitter.

7.   The fight is getting down to specifics, and it is getting bitter.

8.   The fierce rivalry between Airbus Industrie and The Boeing Co. has gotten bitter.

9.   With Alan Keyes apparently running a distant third, the race is being billed as a Gramm-Buchanan contest -- and one that is getting increasingly bitter.