Word: fated
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...groups responsible for this kind of awful, inhuman attack, we cannot get out of control. We have to deal with it peacefully,” he said. “Innocent civilians in both India and Pakistan have been victims of this kind of terrorism. It is a common fate for ordinary people,” he said. “We need to come together to fight this.”Bose said the University faces its own challenges in light of the events.“I think that what Harvard should do as a premier university...
...having reinforced the Soviet troop contingent stationed in Poland. The Soviets had previously sent troops to crush a popular rebellion in Hungary in 1956, and to brutally destroy a reformist Czech communist regime in 1968, and Jaruzelski was acutely aware of the danger that Poland could suffer a similar fate. Martial law was "a dramatically difficult decision," but it "saved Poland from a looming catastrophe," according to Jaruzelski...
...year-old Kathleen Caronna on the head. Caronna spent nearly a month in a coma, then sued Macy's and the city for $395 million. (The parties reached an undisclosed settlement in 2001.) Nine years later, in a strange twist of "only in New York" fate, Yankee relief pitcher Cory Lidle crashed his private airplane into Caronna's highrise apartment...
...their time in prison may be coming to an end. This week the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Washington heard oral arguments over the fate of the Uighurs, who were ordered released by a lower court last month. The oral arguments marked another step along the case's path toward the Supreme Court, where it will likely land early next year as President-elect Barack Obama takes office. Obama, who has vowed to close Guantnamo, will probably release most of the roughly 225 prisoners held there and find a way to try a select...
...shell out if he or she were on the street. A 2004 World Health Organization report concluded that for every dollar invested in the HAT program, $12 is saved on law enforcement, judicial, and health costs. While both sides debate the issue, ultimately the decision on HAT's fate is up to the voters. If they reject the law, the program's future is hazy. And that's one scenario that doesn't sit well with Heun. "For everyone's sake," she says, "I really hope the people will vote 'yes.'" Otherwise, she fears she and her fellow addicts might...