11.   As Sierra Leoneans swallow this bitter pill, Albright arrived here in the capital Monday to show that the United States cares about Africa.

12.   At Fiat, for example, the bitter pill of shorter summer holidays was sweetened by a company pledge to hire more workers.

13.   Better to swallow the fragrant pill that offers some relief than the bitter pill that offers none.

14.   Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. is swallowing a bitter pill.

15.   But Logsdon acknowledges that any pullback of American support may be a bitter pill for the Russian space officials.

16.   But to survive, the only communist government in the Western Hemisphere has had to swallow a bitter pill.

17.   But there were also a few bitter pills scattered among the proposals by Archer, the chief Republican tax writer.

18.   But there were also a few bitter pills, including the possibility that companies might be required to report tax shelters.

19.   For Amadu Jabbie, forgiveness is a bitter pill to swallow, even if it means saving his homeland from ruin.

20.   For Lugar, the loss of the top GOP slot to Helms was a bitter pill to swallow.