Word: fated
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Many groups share blame for the destruction of the Great Hall in the Freshman Union. Harvard's planners, who have an otherwise excellent record for preserving and invigorating Harvard's historic buildings, are guilty of poor judgment. However, while their judgment on the hall's fate may have been wrong, it came through rational deliberation and can at least be respected as a professional decision. Harvard's administration is guilty of creating another public relations gaffe...
What makes these guys think they can avoid the same fate? The answer begins with the 100,000 or so employees jettisoned by the airlines during the restructurings of the past six years. They constitute a formidable pool of skills itching to get back into action, at a cut-rate price. Air 21's Morro hires pilots for $40,000 a year, as opposed to $100,000-plus at the majors. First officers get $24,000, and flight attendants start...
Turkey is still smoldering over scams Schliemann committed in the 1870s. Engin Ozgen, the government's general director of monuments and museums, has sent nine communiques to officials in Bonn and Moscow, claiming ownership of the treasure and asking to be included in negotiations over their fate. "We have had no answer," he says. The Turks would like to gather the Troy artifacts from Russia, Germany and the other countries where they've been dispersed and display them in a museum near the actual site...
...soda giant's decision comes after months of controversy over the fate of fountain drinks on campus after Harvard Dining Services (HDS) made an agreement and subsequently canceled a contract with PepsiCo...
...Havana harbor. After being turned away by the Cubans, the ship sailed northward close enough to Miami to be able to see the city lights. Telegrams to the White House from a committee working on behalf of the passengers went unacknowledged. There is little need in recounting the obvious fate which awaited these passengers as they were made to return to Europe...