Word: fated
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Information Service. The first foreigners to be kidnaped during the latest troubles, they were captured at gunpoint, apparently by leftist Moslems in the territory controlled by the Nasserite Organization Corrective Movement. At week's end there had been no ransom demand or word of their fate...
Spain is ready to give up the Sahara but has wanted the territory's 70,000 nomads to decide their fate by referendum. Madrid asked the U.N. Security Council to act to halt what it called the Moroccan invasion; the Security Council asked for moderation on all sides. At the same time, Madrid sent a special envoy, José Solis Ruiz, head of the National Movement, to Marrakech to talk to Hassan. Solis and the King are old friends, and the Spaniard said that their discussions were conducted in "an atmosphere of extraordinary friendliness." The Moroccan government said, however...
...been six years since the Forest Service revealed its plans; the uproar over Mineral King's proposed fate has long subsided. Many who once railed against the resort have forgotten the issue. In fact, overall public enthusiasm for protecting America's air, water and other natural resources has fizzled. The focus of the environmental movement has shifted from mass action and mass awareness of Earth Day (1970) to a low-profile pattern of political and legal efforts by underfunded environmental organizations...
...only "request" the city manager to take action, not order him to do so, giving him a lot of leeway in administering the city. But the manager mustn't permanently alienate a majority of the city council: it does have the power to remove him from office, a fate city managers usually face only when an election changes the political alignments of the council...
...World Restored, you wrote that "statesmen often share the fate of prophets"-that they're without honor in their own country. Do you feel that you're suffering this fate...