41.   The tax cut long advocated by his party, Kaieda said, is a bitter pill for the LDP, because it would mean cutting spending that supports loyalists.

42.   This is a bitter pill for all of them.

43.   This three-year-old documentary, flavored with optimism at the time, now seems another bitter pill.

44.   This weekend, players and coaches in four cities were talking about swallowing bitter pills.

45.   To the candidates, personally, the decision to fold is a bitter pill.

46.   Value fund investors may have to swallow one last bitter pill anyway.

47.   Wednesday, Weicker sat in his office in the capitol trying to digest these bitter pills.

48.   After months of resistance to the idea, state political leaders and regulators are poised to swallow a bitter pill and prescribe significant new rate increases.

49.   Although measures to correct financial problems might contribute to short-term hardships and some social unrest, he likened them to bitter pills.

50.   At the wet markets, while red chillies are leaving us with a burning sensation, the price of gourds makes a bitter pill to swallow.