It's a message even more bitter than a clove cigarette, yet, somehow, a breath of fresh air.

这是一条比丁香烟草还要苦涩的信息，然而，却不知为何带来了一股清新的空气。

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Each summer is hotter, each winter more bitter.

夏天越来越热，冬天越来越冷。

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It is all the more bitter at a time of severe financial crisis.

在出现严重的金融危机时，就更加难堪。

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Now, the stage is set for what could be an even more bitter dispute.

ECONOMIST: A wigging for Lord Irvine

So yes, politics has become more bitter and polarised, but the problem isn't American tribalism.

ECONOMIST: Europe's treaty conundrum

Pushing for draconian emissions targets at Kyoto could make these divisions more bitter still.

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