Word: fate
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...Clinton's pygmy proposals are representative of more than what they seem at first glance. In 1960, John F. Kennedy '40 and Richard M. Nixon spent much of the fall arguing about the fate of Quemoy and Matsu, two small islands off the coast of China. Yet for all the hand-wringing that year and thenceforth about spending so much of the election on such minute specks of land, the argument was really about how the candidates would deal with the Communist menace--a debate definitely worth having. When George Bush spent the Fall of 1988 talking about the Rledge...
...troops and hand over most of the city to the Palestinian Authority, the redeployment has been delayed time and again for seven months while Israel seeks ways to provide sufficient "security" for the settlers. As Palestinian frustration threatens to unravel the peace, many Israelis fear the nation's fate is being held hostage by a tiny band of religious extremists. Even if Israeli forces in the city move back soon, the settlers' uncompromising zeal could touch off confrontations that might consume any hope of permanent peace...
...that complexity, of course, that will ultimately decide IBM's fate. The firm has always pitched itself as an antidote to confusion. If it stumbled in the late 1980s, it was because the company had become more complex than the industry itself. Gerstner is preaching the message of simplicity and solutions. If IBM turns in a couple more big quarters like the last one, even Wall Street will start to believe...
RALPH HALL (D) District 4 BORN: May 3, 1923, Fate EDUCATION: Texas Christian U, 1943; U of Texas, 1946-47; Southern Methodist U, LL.B., 1951 FAMILY: Wife, Mary Ellen Murphy; three children RELIGION: Methodist MILITARY: Navy, 1942-45 OCCUPATION: Lawyer POLITICAL CAREER: Rockwall County judge, 1950-62: Texas Senate, 1962-72; U.S. House, 1980- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 711, Rockwall...
...things that has not gone his way is the fate of the Harvard football team. Skelton has yet to see a winning season, but he is hoping this year will be different...