1.   An old college joke has it that rivalries among professors grow obscenely bitter in inverse proportion to the significance of the people and the work involved.

2.   And he grew bitter.

3.   As a result, the relationship between the executive and legislative branches has grown bitter at times, leading to several opposing lawsuits by the council and the mayor.

4.   Battles have grown increasingly bitter over whether to allow U.S. presidents to invoke labor and environmental standards on others.

5.   But rather than grow bitter, he grew stronger.

6.   Dora has grown so bitter in her cynicism, however, that no desires, no dreams for a better life can touch her.

7.   Half a continent away, in Moscow, the ruble and the banks may have verged on collapse and the life of the poor may be growing more bitter.

8.   It just grows more bitter the longer it sits.

9.   Partisan bickering over the disputed election has grown bitter, with Republicans in particular outraged over what they have termed an attempt by Gore to steal the election.

10.   Religious conservatives, courted by Bob Dole in his quest for the Republican presidential nomination, have grown bitter over the cold shoulder Dole has shown them since.