The shopworkers' union, and retailers' associations which opposed the liberalisation, are sounding sourly triumphant.

ECONOMIST: Service with a snarl

The old soda bottles, lottery tickets and newspaper clippings had them sourly perplexed.

WSJ: Dreaming in Ottoman: Istanbul at a Crossroads

They note sourly Japan's continued public veneration of convicted war criminals.

ECONOMIST: Who should apologise to whom, for what and how?