But bitter memories of repeated cycles of bust and boom, of hope and gloom, make it likely that politicians will choose mature compromise rather than risk plunging their country yet again into troubles like that.
But a bitter row is bubbling about plans to rent out these peaceful properties.
But his bitter and suspicious party colleagues are not giving him such leeway.
But the bitter conflict has continued unabated and Congolese government troops, backed by thousands of UN peacekeepers, have failed to defeat the FDLR rebels.
But a bitter debate could soon break out again: small countries, as the Amsterdam summit showed, are deeply reluctant to lose council votes or commissioners.
Thatcher, Britain's first and only female prime minister, say she transformed Britain into a free-market economy and restored a sense of British pride, but her bitter battles against unions and the tough economic measures she imposed won her many enemies.
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But the bitter infighting between the WRU and the regions - that escalated due to Welsh player release for the autumn Tests - and the concluding court battle gives the impression that relationships between the two parties have been detrimentally affected.
Mr. CHRISTA BELL (Poet): Because your eyes remind me of watermelon rinds scraped clean of their meat by narrow teeth because today your skin is not burnished honey but a bitter herb chew to hold the grief at bay, because your lips are the purple grapes of (unintelligible).
But so bitter is the disappointment in the orange team, so strong the craving for stability which (at least visually) he represents and so deep the suspicion, rational or otherwise, of Ms Tymoshenko that even in western Ukraine some voters may back Mr Yanukovich in the second round.
But the increasingly bitter rivalry doesn't bother Kihuen as long as it gets Hispanics to caucus.
But this increasingly bitter affair is not over: fresh battles are likely in provincial legislatures.
But despite his bitter departure, Pulis is relishing a return to the Kent club.
The U.S. and Mexican federations may be business partners off the field, but they are bitter rivals on the field.
Certain dietary supplements such as vitamin D and fish oil have proven benefits, but others like bitter orange and vitamin B5 lack evidence.
St Mirren manager Gus MacPherson had made public his desire to sign Finnigan but was not bitter at losing out to his SPL rivals.
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Ms Tymoshenko - once an ally of the president but now a bitter rival - has been calling for the snap elections to be postponed and for parliament to be recalled.
Martinez denied that the switch was because of his primary loss and said he was "disappointed" but not "bitter" toward his former Democratic colleagues for failing to support repeals of the so-called marriage penalty and estate taxes.
Today Greek and Turkish Cypriots live in peace but are divided by bitter memories.
But it warned that bitter disputes may have already escalated before couples arrive in the courts.
Most people find PROP and PTC bitter, but not unbearable, while others don't taste it at all.
And may you grow from this never bitter, but only finer and stronger and wiser, as time goes by.
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Fans of the two clubs have a history of bitter rivalry but it was not clear what prompted the disturbances.
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Power and Paladini joined forces to topple the previous board 14 months ago, but there have been bitter divisions since.
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But remember the really bitter medicine has yet to take effect - the long term squeeze in health service finances.
The disputes are bitter, but unlikely to turn violent.
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But the scent is bitter-sweet.
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How do the social workers, the hospital staff, the police, the teachers, the railway workers, the prison and immigration officials -- and yes, the bankers and MPs -- feel about the hypocrisy of a press that so readily dishes out bitter medicine but can never, ever take it?
"It was a bitter blow, but I've been in the game long enough to know that these things happen, " said Worthington.
Politics is not without its bitter ironies, but none is greater in this presidential election campaign than the one plaguing Mitt Romney.
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