Word: fateful
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...rare when one country can profoundly affect the fate of another through aid," says Paul Goble, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington. "This is one of those times." Robert Strauss, the U.S. ambassador in Moscow, predicts a traumatic year for Russia and urges Western governments and corporations to step up their investment and technical assistance. "Obviously we cannot be the deciding factor," says a State Department official, "but Western countries can improve the probabilities...
...look behind me," the Republican challenger tells the friendly crowd. "Those fellows put Texas first. They put their own freedom first. They put their own families first, and they were willing to stand up and fight and die for it." Buchanan's own candidacy may face a similar fate, but he hopes his quixotic battle against George Bush will help win the war for the soul of the Republican Party...
...Myerson, 52, the charges signal a precipitous fall from grace. And as in Greek tragedy, his fate seems the result of a fundamental character flaw. Despite a hefty draw of $1.4 million from his $400-an-hour rate at the prestigious New York law firm of Myerson & Kuhn, Myerson's profligate life- style -- featuring Ferraris and Rolls-Royces, five homes, 20th century art and foot-long Cuban cigars -- called for even more. In 1988, for example, Myerson took family members on a chartered-jet vacation to Maine -- and allegedly billed client Shearson Lehman (without the firm's knowledge...
...function even with a leadership vacuum at the top. The trouble will start if the family becomes involved in disputes with other Mob families about dividing the take in shared territory, such as construction or private trash carting. Some organized-crime experts predict that Gotti could meet the same fate as Castellano -- a Mob assassination -- if he ever goes free. The same goes for Gravano. By breaking the sacred code of omerta, or silence, he has committed a capital crime in the eyes of his Mafia brothers. "This is a guy who lived and breathed the Mafia attitude...
Peace and U.S. security are inextricably linked to the fate of Russia's political and economic reforms. After the Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815, he described the battle as "the nearest run thing you ever saw in your life." Today President Boris Yeltsin has launched a radical program of economic reforms. Its fate will at best be a near run thing. Just as Wellington's victory determined the course of European history for the 19th century, the outcome of Yeltsin's bold gamble will decisively affect the history of the 21st century...