It should avoid bidding procedures that leave even the victor with a bittersweet feeling.
Writing to a reporter, the former President described his bittersweet feelings about passing the political torch.
"It's a bittersweet feeling knowing all of the adversity he went through," Charley, 37, said.
"It's a bittersweet feeling," Wilson said from his home near Seattle.
It was a bittersweet feeling to return home after all this time without Tracy.
For the survivors, this final gift evokes a bittersweet feeling.
In the end, the reunion left me with a bittersweet feeling.
For many, pride has overcome bittersweet feelings about a team that may see its future elsewhere.
White went into the off-season with a bittersweet feeling, determined to have a bounce-back year.
With a bittersweet feeling, I welcome the decision as judicious.