Word: fateful
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...course, the Russian people themselves will determine the fate of our reforms. But the international community can provide an important extra stimulus to accelerate and ease Russia's transformation into a stable, democratic nation with a market economy. We are no longer separated by hostile ideologies or military competition. It is necessary to complete the dismantling of discriminatory barriers to Russian trade and take steps to ensure that Russian industries have access to high-technology markets...
...science council should have a busy year. One of the first items on its agenda will be to decide the fate of the nation's federal research labs, including the three nuclear weapons-building facilities (Los Alamos, Sandia and Lawrence Livermore), which each spend about $1 billion a year. Military research makes a tempting target for budget cutters; the government spends more than 60 cents of every research dollar on defense applications, and the President has said he wants that cut to 50 cents...
This president still has hope; public opinion can change. In 1991, didn't the press proclaim George Bush invincible? To avoid Bush's fate, Clinton must indicate clearly his vision for the country. Compromise is often necessary, but even Henry Clay knew enough to use it only as a last resort...
...know," Clinton remarked at one point, "the problem is that in this post-cold war period, the lines just aren't as clear as they were before." One of the guests at the table, James Schlesinger, former Defense Secretary and former CIA director, replied, "Mr. President, that is your fate. You will just have to get used to dealing with ambiguity...
...that's just the beginning. The ability to manipulate genes -- in animals and plants, as well as humans -- could eventually change everything: what we eat, what we wear, how we live, how we die and how we see ourselves in relation to our fate...