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Deadly nightshade and woody nightshade , the narcotic plants commonly known as belladonna and bittersweet, have their origins in Old English nihtscada, niht night and scada shade.
Note the admiration for Cohen and the chanting musicality of this passage (beautifully translated by Giovanni Pontiero), the echoes and variations circling around a bittersweet theme.
And there is something to startle you in Leigh's crooked, bittersweet little comedy Career Girls . It's called Katrin Cartlidge, and every director should have one--and build an altar to it.
This "bittersweet" British "working-class comedy" (Kevin Thomas, the Los Angeles Times ) about out-of-work, out-of-shape steelworkers turned male strippers earns praise for its politics and humor.
And the LAT lead editorial sees the development as a "bittersweet victory for the president."