Word: fated
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Sooner or later, quite possibly by the end of this year, Colby seems certain to be asked to leave-a fate that he accepts philosophically. Says one White House aide: "He inherited all the skeletons in the closet and issued all the corrective memoranda, but that's not going to make him any less expendable. He should be allowed to see the investigation through, then retire with honor...
Still, Reksten's fate hangs in the balance. His expenses run to tens of thousands of dollars daily, and his debts, by one estimate, to more than $200 million. On paper Reksten can pay: his ships are still worth about $250 million. But that figure can comfort only his bankers, primarily Britain's Hambros group, who can claim some of his ships as security for loans. Most experts think that high oil prices will hold down petroleum demand and keep tanker rates unprofitable even after the world recession ends. Meanwhile, Norway's magnificent fjords, the Persian Gulf...
...anyone to break open the Watergate scandal. It was Butterfield who supervised Nixon's notorious taping system. When an aide to the Senate Watergate committee casually asked Butterfield in July 1973 if conversations had been taped in the White House, Butterfield forthrightly said yes, and Nixon's fate was sealed...
...team," Callaway said. He noted that "a lot of Reagan people are not supporters of Rockefeller," and he did not want to discourage them from backing Ford. Rocky diplomatically pointed out the obvious-that a Vice President does not campaign for renomination; his fate lies with the whim of the presidential candidate...
...movie, all of whom have been engaged in an elaborate plot to smuggle hot pre-Columbian art into the U.S. The kid, of course, was killed because she knew too much, and Moseby very nearly catches it when he achieves the same state of knowledgeability. His evasion of this fate, while lying wounded on the deck of a fishing boat, under attack from a maniacally persistent baddie possessed of a reckless skill for turning an airplane into a murder weapon, compares very favorably with the final moments of Jaws for sheer terror...