Word: fatalism
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...think the fatal flaw of a lot of people in politics is that they want to be loved.' MARK SANFORD, South Carolina governor, who has balked at accepting $700 million in federal stimulus money for his state...
...Outsiders, however, are advised to proceed with caution. Even among devotees, there's a consensus that people with heart ailments, high blood pressure or mental disorders should steer clear of ayahuasca. And, Souther says, mixed with certain foods or recreational drugs like cocaine, ayahuasca can be toxic, even fatal...
...Invalides, his study of wounded veterans; it was the first of many Jarre pieces (The Longest Day, The Train, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome) that found a sepulchral undertone in martial music. Old masters like William Wyler (The Collector) and Alfred Hitchcock (Topaz) and Young Turks like Adrian Lyne (Fatal Attraction) and Jerry Zucker (Ghost) called on Jarre to provide music that was subtle and looming, like a shiver in the shadows...
...Meehan gave up three hits and walked two batters in the inning and hurt his own cause with a throwing error.The Crimson returned to the plate to force yet another tie, but the Crusaders’ final run in the top of the ninth proved to be the fatal blow for Harvard.Following the game, Walsh acknowledged that while the Crimson’s offense has thrived on big blasts from its powerful sluggers, the team is in need of a return to fundamentals if it hopes to achieve any lasting success.“We gotta make some adjustments...
...actors including Kenneth Branagh, Jeremy Irons, Charles Dance and Sean Bean. By then, the veterans had developed an informal set of rules for themselves: Take the craft seriously (Dench: "deadly"). Don't take yourself seriously (Stewart: "That's death to creativity"). Never think you know it all (Dench: "Absolutely fatal"). And if the part was good and you were mindful that anything you did onscreen came from what you learned on stage, then by all means take a role on television or in film...