Word: fated
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Nicosia home to see a Turkish pilot bailing out at 15,000 feet directly over the building. Greek soldiers in the street below nervously cocked their weapons, preparing to shoot the parachutist as he came down. Suddenly, a strong south wind blew the man out of range. "His fate," cabled Marmon to New York minutes later, "is unknown...
With its golden beaches, dependable sunny weather and centuries-old monasteries, Cyprus would probably be known to the world only as a vacationers' paradise were it located in the South Pacific or the Caribbean. Fate, however, has placed the tiny island (3,572 sq. mi.) at the far eastern end of the Mediterranean, close to the cradle of Western civilization. A mere 40 miles south of Turkey, 100 miles west of Lebanon, and 525 miles east of Greece, Cyprus for millennia has been a strategic prize for any power seeking to control the politics and commerce of the region...
...fate would have it, Radcliffe's four faced the winner of the Western Sprints and last year's Canadian national team from the University of Victoria in the first heat...
Romeo and Juliet seem to have their signals rather than their stars crossed. When they meet, it seems to be for a quick date rather than to share a common fate. They seem to be unlucky, not doomed...
...pull out of its slide. The majority view, though, is that Franklin will survive only by merging with a larger bank, or perhaps selling off several of its operations piecemeal to other banks and shrinking back to its original base on Long Island. The bank's ultimate fate may well hinge on the still incomplete story of what went wrong. Franklin and its employees are now being investigated by the FBI, the Comptroller of the Currency and the Securities and Exchange Commission...