Word: fated
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...wasn't the princess complicit in her fate? Didn't she, by courting the tabloid media, not only bring her fate upon herself, but deserve it? So commentators have begun to speculate, with that instinct for blaming the victim that characterizes the most puritanical sense of justice. By refusing to live a lie for the sake of patriarchal order, Princess Diana exposed the hypocrisy of the Establishment to the glare of commoners. She did not, or could not, play the role of Prince Charles' wife, but chose rather to live by the truth. And the bad luck, the repeated "poor...
...dynamic goes to work. The famous may find their fortunes held hostage by the moods and attention spans of people they do not know. The unstable affections of fandom have a life of their own and acquire an unpredictable but nearly absolute power over one's personal and professional fate. Fame becomes a form of primitive, dangerous religion, like snake handling...
Here you'll closely read and analyze 10 books by the man many consider the most important 20th century figure, from his clinical case studies to his expoundings on religion and the fate of civilization...
...Class of 2001 will be spared a similar fate. The popular halogen floor lamps have been banned from first-year dorms...
Predicting the fate of the Harvard men's water polo team has been a dangerous bet in recent years. Will it be any different this season...