Word: fate
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Once upon a time, there were two sets of identical twins: the Antipholus brothers, and their servants, the Dromio brothers. But as fate would have it, each of the sets became separated and the boys sailed off to different ports...
When my rooming block awoke this morning, we felt a sense of relief--our housing choices had been made and by 4 p.m. our fate, along with the fate of the entire first-year class, would be in the hands of the computer. At least, that's what we thought...
...attempt to get the story out quickly. Instead of waiting one day more to print this article, which would then have reflected the students definite decisions and eliminated the 3.9 percent undecided factor, you guys jumped the gun. We were also uncertain of how this article would affect our fate in the lottery...
Batu charged onward to conquer Poland and Hungary, and it was probably only the death in 1242 of Batu's uncle, the Great Khan Ugedey (he was apparently - poisoned by a jealous woman in his entourage), that saved Western Europe from the fate of Kiev. Batu decided to retrench and consolidate his rule over the khanate of the Golden Horde. Spread thin though they were, the Mongols of the Golden Horde ruled Russia for more than two centuries, and it was a harsh rule. Mongol tax collectors beggared the peasantry, and occupied Russia remained completely isolated from what the West...
...grateful that some are concerned with his fate even in the midst of the embarrassment he has caused. He is respectful. The letter seems, like the article that prompted it, the result of many weeks of reflection. It is signed--Con Mucho Respecto, Jose...