Sentences with phrase «of bitter»

«Avoiding poisons: A matter of bitter taste.»

The site has also been at the center of a bitter debate about African history and heritage

«In our research, we show that when people taste alcohol in the laboratory, the amount of bitterness they experience differs, and these differences are related to which version of a bitter receptor gene the individual has.»

Even though the subjects had the same «middle - of - the road» genotype, their responses to some of the bitter substances varied over four orders of magnitude.

Behrens and his colleagues Kristina Blank and Wolfgang Meyerhof developed a way to screen which of the bitter taste receptors that saccharin and cyclamate were hitting, to figure out why the combination is more palatable than either one alone.

The reverse was true, too: Saccharin blocked TAS2R1 — one of the bitter receptors that cyclamate activates.

Unsurprisingly, the story landed smack in the middle of a bitter, well - worn argument, as the 899 comments reveal.

In his account of the bitter race to catalog human DNA, James Shreeve shows that at least part of the hostility toward Venter was bureaucratic, not personal.

THE iconic grey wolf of the wild, wild west is the subject of a bitter row in the US.

What's more, the action of the bitter receptors is blocked when sweet taste receptors are stimulated by sugars such as glucose.

«We believe that the complimentary roles of the bitter and sweet taste receptors in these SCCs keeps upper airway colonizing bacteria at optimal levels during periods of relative health,» Cohen says.

The scientists found the highest concentrations of the bitter latex in the roots of dandelions.

«This may be an adaptation in order to avoid intake of bitter - tasting, toxic compounds,» says Marijke Faas of the University Medical Centre in Groningen, the Netherlands, and lead author of the Chemosensory Perception paper.

Although humans may develop preferences for a certain amount of sweetness or nurture a love of bitter coffee, on a fundamental level salt is the only taste that has this kind of switch.

In addition to the taste groups of bitter, sour, salty, and sweet, your tongue can also sense a taste group known as «umami» which is a savory and meaty taste.

The eagerness of Mr. Johnson and Ms. James to jump on the governor's bandwagon, even as they knew little about the specifics of the order, underscored how the beleaguered housing agency has ended up in the middle of bitter political and legal fights, and how elected officials are striving to be on the right side of an issue that affects the well - being of 400,000 New Yorkers.

As thousands of postal workers mounted picket lines in the first of two 24 hour walk - outs, further industrial action is expected to be announced in an escalation of the bitter Royal Mail dispute.

LOWER MANHATTAN — Construction on the Sept. 11 Memorial Museum has «come basically to a halt» because of a bitter dispute over $ 300 million in cost overruns that Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday is on the verge of ending up in court.

Queens State Senator Tony Avella gathered a dozens - strong crowd outside the Holiday Inn Express in Maspeth, Queens — the site of a bitter battle over the city's effort to lodge homeless families — to launch a quixotic bid to beat Mayor Bill de Blasio in next fall's Democratic primary, accusing the liberal leader of an arrogant «top - down» approach that ignores the needs of local communities.

What we are witnessing today in the ranks of the APC is the beginning of that bitter separation and messy divorce and it is going to get far worse.

After almost six hours of bitter wrangling, the party's National Executive Committee ruled Corbyn does not need the support of 51 MPs to take part in the contest.

After 43 years of bitter battles over the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area, Community Board 3's land use committee approved a set of planning guidelines tonight for the 7 - acre parcel next to the Williamsburg Bridge.

We lost sight of one of the bitter lessons we had learnt in those wilderness years in opposition: a party that loses the willingness constantly to reform itself loses the capacity to renew itself.

Those comments - in the wake of a bitter presidential election — garnered national attention and ignited calls for Paladino's removal from his seat representing the Park District on the School Board.

The Red Sea may be in form of the bitter pills of the economic realities that the nation is being forced to swallow so that we can recover from our ailment that is posing great threats to our economic survival as a political entity.

The prospect of being financially hamstrung by the very fundraising system he helped create is the latest in a series of bitter challenges for the presumed GOP nominee, who still faces a fractured conservative coalition as he assumes the mantle of party leadership.

The MEP promised to unify the party after months of bitter feuds, and set his sights on getting more than 10 MPs into Westminster at the next general election by targeting Labour heartlands.

After almost six hours of bitter wrangling, the party's National Executive Committee ruled Mr Corbyn does not need the support of 51 MPs to take part in the contest.

New York's 23rd Congressional District was the scene of a bitter intra-party GOP fight last year.

ALBANY — The two Democratic factions in the state Senate will reunite as a single conference, ending years of bitter division that helped solidify Republican control of the chamber.

The deal also includes the settlement of a bitter stumbling block between New York City's teachers union, the United Federation of Teachers, and the administration of Mayor Mike Bloomberg.

After five years of bitter clashes, Republican congressional leaders and President Obama last night appeared to settle their final budget fight by reaching a tentative deal that would modestly increase spending over the next two years, cut some social programs, and raise the federal borrowing limit.

Former Assemblyman Richard Brodsky looks on the bright side of the ongoing feud between Cuomo and de Blasio, saying: «Progressive policies are the result, intended or unintended, of the bitter personal fight.»

Instead, sounding like a man whose favourite barrel of bitter needed changing, Farage was furious.

Tsipras and his government are leading the Greek people on a path of bitter abandonment and hopelessness.»

He said the several months of perfecting the transfer of the ownership was a family discussion which was devoid of any bitter feelings expressing delight that he and his team carried out the directives of Mr. President concerning the handover of the edifice and ensuring that all the equipments and properties were not removed.

Arguments about the economic importance of shooting, and the use of shooting for pest control as well as sport or hunting, are stirring memories of the bitter struggle over fox - hunting of a decade ago.

After years of bitter controversy and a dash to the finish line, it appears that at least for the short term, Ulster County's warring rail - trail interests are finally on the same track.

His photos have now become part of the bitter battle between 289 Grand's landlord and tenants who have desperately wanted access to their homes — if for no other reason than to claim treasured personal belongings.

There was a show of solidarity and support between Governor Andrew Cuomo and Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr. after days of bitter acrimony.

And that it was the army's inadequate response, combined with their crackdown on catholic anger which helped spur so many years of bitter conflict.

Amidst the swirling winds of a bitter Spring day, and rumors of more indictments of state elected officials, the State Independent Democratic Conference (IDC) has proposed an ambitious overhaul of New York's campaign finance laws.

That's how one of state government's best - known lobbyists described the atmosphere at the Capitol as lawmakers face what is expected to be a series of bitterly contested and highly divisive reelection battles next year in the midst of a bitter and highly divisive presidential campaign.

No number of bitter and offensive retrospectives will change that.

Despite forecasts of bitter cold, Buffalo's New Year's Eve ball drop will go on as scheduled Sunday in Roosevelt Square downtown.

They also left a trail of bitter feelings among Republicans and the Independent Democratic Conference, whose members had to fight off primaries.

«Every time someone drinks cider instead of bitter the Treasury lose 50p,» Tory MP Andrew Griffiths told politics.co.uk.

What is important is a healthy diet, a lot of water and finding the right nursing tea, mine was delicious and did increase my milk supply, I found it after trying a couple of bitter herbal drink that I wasn't able to drink, it's called Healthy Nursing tea by Secrets Of Tea.

This apparent reconciliation between village and Park District officials follows many months of bitter verbal exchanges over the proposed community center project.

as he ages some of his tastebuds will go away, making some of those bitter flavors more tolerable.