Word: fatalism
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...problem and what we might do about it if there was, seems to indicate that the theory of global warming--to use an inexcusably terrible pun--is washed up. This is a false, misleading, and terribly dangerous conclusion for the nation, and the world, to draw; and a fatal one should we choose it as the determinant of our future. The simple truth is this report provides us with the documented, undeniable proof that our behavior has significantly impacted worldwide climate trends, and that the alteration of those trends has in turn resulted in shrinking glaciers, thinning polar...
Authors Roberta J. Glass, Maria Segui-Gomez and John D. Graham, director of the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis (HCRA), analyzed data from fatal accidents from 1989 to 1998 involving 16,177 children...
...anti-Arab), on the other those who support Palestine (not anti-Jew) and in the middle lie the rest--held hostage by the conflicting viewpoints flying around them. The result? People just don't want to talk about it anymore. Our campus has fallen victim to a virus fatal to an institution of higher learning: fear of speaking one's mind...
...fatal bounce enabled Hawk sophomore Anika Michaels to score the game-winning goal in the 87th minute. Hartford forward Siv Skard dribbled by two Crimson defenders and blasted the ball by Crimson goalie Cheryl Gunther, striking the post. The ball then took a Hawk bounce, ricocheting into the possession of Michaels. She put it by Gunther, who had made 3 saves on the day, for the game winner...
...intelligence in Kennedy's and Nixon's eyes - very different forms of intelligence, of course, but two different expressions of the real thing. Kennedy and Nixon both had terrible defects (more than anyone knew at the time). Kennedy's beautiful facade concealed a weirdly reckless sex life and potentially fatal disease (Addison's). Nixon had his own shadows (less well disguised...