Word: fated
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Defiled goods are not worthy of their owners; for this reason, raped women have often been rejected by their husbands and abandoned by their families (the plight of the women of Bangladesh is a prime example). In some cultures, like that of the ancient Hebrews, victims shared the terrible fate of their attackers--being stoned to death or bound and tossed into a river to drown. Women were double losers--degraded to the status of object, yet responsible for what befell them, protectors of what object-seekers sought. And women remain double losers, though in a far more subtle...
...what exactly caused all its financial problems, even President Ford and the Federal Reserve Bank are--through backdoor guarantees to the private banks that might be affected--anticipating "ripple effects" from default. Vice-president Rockefeller links the entire nation's economic well-being to New York's fate...
...ELECTION TODAY is important to the people of Cambridge--those who live and work here--because it will determine the fate of rent control. If a majority of liberal councilors is not elected, Cambridge is in danger of losing rent control. But if only five independents--the liberals' opponents--are elected there is little reason to believe that an effective rent control program will be retained in Cambridge...
...Either we give our democracy social and economic content or we might meet the same fate that has been met by other nations in Latin America." So said Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez, answering questions about the military threat to democracy in Latin America put by Time Inc. Editor in Chief Hedley Donovan and Chairman of the Board Andrew Heiskell. Pérez, the widely-respected President of an oil-rich nation that is one of Latin America's few democracies, was interrupted by martial music from a military band passing below the window...
...break-even point-49.4% of seats filled on an average flight-is one of the lowest in the industry, but Chairman William Seawell acknowledges that rising labor and other costs mean it cannot be reduced much further. He is also concerned that because lenders are sweating out the fate of their New York City bonds and shaky real estate loans, obtaining a new loan commitment could be difficult. Says Seawell: "It's ironic, since we're finally showing some progress. But getting a new line of credit won't be easy because the climate for borrowing...