21.   For the U.S. firms, it is a bitter pill.

22.   For many who knew members of the tribe before Foxwoods opened, their sudden rise out of poverty has been a bitter pill to swallow.

23.   Fred Zieber was an analyst at Dataquest back then, and he recalls Corrigan as a CEO who could swallow a bitter pill.

24.   Gershwin made the bitter pill easier to swallow when he cloaked it in the most melodious score ever written in this hemisphere.

25.   Having his destiny in the hands of others is a bitter pill for this proud man.

26.   In a recent interview, even the bitter pill of a stock offering at a distressed price became just another opportunity to pitch his company.

27.   Israelis are prepared to swallow the bitter pill of making territorial concessions to the Palestinians and even to the Syrians.

28.   It is a bitter pill in a place once used to resources that never ran out.

29.   It was a bitter pill for Detroit coach Scotty Bowman.

30.   It is a bitter pill for Belgrade.