Word: fatalism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Names were leaked to newsmen to sound out public reaction. The name of Bobby Kennedy, as his brother's Attorney General, was floated to the New York Times four weeks ago, and brought immediate outcries of impropriety. Jack satisfied himself that the objections were serious but not fatal, and withheld Bobby's appointment till the last moment, while the public was told of other choices. Another trial balloon, Bill Fulbright as Secretary of State, was quickly shot down by Negro groups and Northern liberals who feared his tepid segregationist background. Negro Congressman William Dawson, 74, suggested...
...make a joint visit a fortnight ago. The sisters' cars had been confiscated; gratefully they accepted a stranger's offer to ride to the prison in his Jeep. On the way back, for reasons unexplained, the Jeep driver left the main highway for an unnecessary-and fatal-jounce along a desolate, cliff-edged road...
...that put France Nuyen out of Suzie Wong cost the insurance companies nearly half a million-when Audrey Hepburn fell from a horse in Mexico early last year, breaking her back and delaying The Unforgiven for six weeks, Fireman's Fund paid $250,000; Kay Kendall's fatal illness necessitated a $106,000 payoff to the producers of Once More, With Feeling...
...While Young killed himself two years ago, Kirby had no choice but to take over the management of Alleghany, soon showed that the days of Young's financial derring-do were out. Explains Kirby: "Young had such a restless disposition that he could such not a resist the fatal mistake of jumping in and out of good investments before they even came close to meeting their potential...
...movement of Opus 110; Mr. Fischer's touch was alternately feather-light and hammer-heavy, in the right places. Things went down-hill from there on in, however. The slow movement lacked nuances of expression, and the final fugue was marred by a memory lapse, which, though not a fatal flaw in itself, may have caused the pianist's failure to inject the called-for nuovovivente. Still, the tight-knit cluster of highly emotional notes which closes the Sonata was very impressive...