Word: fated
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Faculty does not seem to want to confront the problem of discipline in the Harvard community. It has already twice postponed discussion on the fate of the often-criticized Committee on Rights and Responsibilities, and is only belatedly taking up the matter today...
...productivity has trimmed the price of the finished product by only some $11 a ton. "That isn't the $60 it would take to match Japan's price," says Robinson. Kaiser executives refuse to disclose when a final decision will be made on the mill's fate. For the moment, Fontana workers are hustling and hoping on a day-to-day basis...
...Vonnegut Statement. But good grief! A term paper on Vonnegut? Kurt Vonnegut Jr., the author of Player Piano, The Sirens of Titan, Mother Night, Cat's Cradle, God Bless You, Mr. Rose-water and Slaughterhouse-Five? Vonnegut, that enemy of pretension who writes about the cosmos and fate as if God were a tricky garage mechanic? Since the late '60s, following the republication of some of the early novels, students have indeed been assigned Vonnegut term papers...
...serious matters that led to his enormous popularity, especially with young readers. His novels are clear, simple, funny, humane and need hardly any explaining at all. His Dynamic Tension draws the beach bully and the runt who is getting sand kicked in his face toward the same bitter fate. Both will grow old, die and vanish in a universe that is 99.9% indifferent vacuum. There are no immortal souls in Vonnegut, only the soles of the feet which his Bokononists in Cat's Cradle warm by ritually flattening against other friendly soles...
...squad dropped three straight to give Princeton an important Ivy triumph. Dave Fichter followed the White script in his final round bout, grabbing a quick 3-0 lead, then losing, 5-3. "I thought David would be able to score two touches before the other fellow scored five, but fate was against us," Marion said...