Word: fated
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...testified that John Caulfield, a White House aide who later moved to the Department of Transportation, applied "political pressure" to him during the Watergate trial to convince him to remain silent. He said that the pressure included warnings that the fate of the Presidency might hinge on his decision...
There are obviously compromises possible on both the Kendall Square and hotel issues. But the City Council, which will ultimately determine the fate of both projects, should remember that the advantage of increased tax revenue pales in comparison to the basic need of Cambridge working people for jobs and decent housing. Reducing the tax rate will do nothing for these people if they have left Cambridge because it gave exclusive attention to fancy frills and vested interests...
Leroy's fate was sealed, it seemed, when a Bruay youth named Jean-Pierre, who was with the group that had originally discovered Brigitte's body, testified that he had seen a bald, corpulent man behind the wheel of a white Citroën near the empty lot at the hour of the crime. When it turned out that Leroy, who is partially bald and stocky, owned a white Peugeot, Jean-Pierre decided that the Citroën really was a Peugeot after...
...chosen to mourn and celebrate. How do they get that way? A chronic case of rootlessness helps. Rascoe heroines begin life in bad boarding schools ("A Line of Order"), grow up to borrow haunted apartments from the friends of friends ("Small Sounds and Tilting Shadows"), and climax their fate rolling down the road in a camper ("Short Rounds with the Champ...
...fours, Radcliffe was unable to match the superb showing of the eights. After breezing into the finals with a 10-second win over Wellesley, the winds of fate shifted against the Cliffe quartet. At the start of the fours finals, Radcliffe jumped out to a quick lead only to have an oar jump its oar lock. The mishap forced the race to be called back for a second start...