Word: fateful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...next year she met her fate at a dinner party given by Charles Bartlett, a Washington journalist and socialite, and his wife Martha. The Bartletts were in a matchmaking mood and invited their old friend Jack Kennedy, then 34, a handsome, ambitious Congressman from Massachusetts. The introduction took. They dated, and he proposed by telephone to London, where she was snapping the coronation of Elizabeth II. "Jackie fell for him," says an old friend, "but she was amused by the situation too. After the engagement, she said she never knew she had so many friends...
Escalating the growing was over the fate of City Councillor William H. Walsh, the Cambridge Civic Association voted last week that Walsh, a convicted felon, should resign...
...government has sought the death penalty for drug kingpins in 36 cases involving four whites, four Hispanics and 28 blacks. Said Moseley-Braun: "Keep in mind that 75% of the defendants charged under this statute have been white." The Senate voted 58-41 against the act, but its fate -- and its linkage to the crime bill -- remains uncertain. It must now go into conference with the House, which passed...
...Clinton faces plenty of challenges before Americans decided whether he will have another term--the fate of health care and welfare reform will decide that. Nevertheless, the Clinton administration has been a welcome breath of fresh air in a city known more for its smoke-filled back rooms...
With that, attention suddenly turned to the trio of holdouts whose decision would determine the fate of the bill. One voted in favor of it. Another against. And then Douglas Applegate, an Ohio Democrat who had exceeded the 15- minute time limit for electronic voting, paced up to the House clerk and filled out a ballot by hand. It was colored green, signifying "Yes." The measure had passed...