Word: fateful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Information Age is upon us. God save us. Gone is the Jurassic Age, and the Atomic Age. Gone are the days when your fate was determined by physical speed. Now, with the proliferation of advanced technology, informational speed ensures the survival of the fittest...
...avoid that dilemma, the fda is asking that tobacco's fate be decided on Capitol Hill. "We recognize that the regulation of cigarettes raises societal issues of great complexity and magnitude," wrote Kessler in his letter. "It is vital in this context that Congress provide clear direction to this agency...
...then, Spinney, 48, and Taylor, 27, were worried. They telephoned Grumman, but their calls went unreturned. Both men spent an anxious weekend awaiting word of Grumman's fate, not to mention their own. Taylor's stomach sank when he heard last Monday that Martin Marietta's offer was fully $18 over Grumman's recent $37 price -- and $10 more than most of the contracts the two traders had written. That huge gap left them with the bulk of a $2 million shortfall. "I was depressed," says Taylor with a wry laugh...
Many beyond the Disney inner circle harbor doubts about the idea of an honest history park. Can slavery, Civil War slaughter and the doleful fate of American Indians be blended with the traditional marvels of Disney entertainment that will also include Mickey, Minnie and the gang? "Serious fun," Disney chairman Michael Eisner calls it, and his experts rightly point to such a blend in Epcot Center in Orlando, Florida. "This is not to be a Pollyanna view of America," insists Robert Weis, a principal Disney imagineer. "But we want people to leave the park feeling good about their country...
...like the upsets, the wacky wins, Florida falling to James Madison, Kentucky scared by Tennessee State, And then in a cruel twist of fate, The `Cats behind to Seton Hall, Praying and hoping that they will not fall...