Word: fatefulness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...always, the talk was about how hard it is to make a dollar. But this year the talk had the extra heat and urgency that come with falling farm prices. Farm-belt politicians tested the warning winds, decided that a fair-sized political storm was blowing up. And more fate-packed still was the widespread belief that, as Farmer Donald Mahlberg of Worthington, Minn, said, "It's going to show up worse next year"-at presidential election time...
Meanwhile. Rommel spent the longest day of all streaking to the front; but by the time (close to midnight) he arrived at his headquarters, nearly all of the 24 hours that he had prophetically claimed would decide the fate of Germany were over. In a mixture of egocentrism and utter despair, he said to his aide: "If I was Commander of the Allied forces right now, I could finish off the war in 14 days." Author Ryan leaves one question tantalizingly unanswered: How did Mrs. Rommel like the grey suede shoes...
Since the entire first-line Yale backfield graduated in 1957, the Crimson might have had reason to hope for a better fate that fall. But quarterback Dick Winterbauer, who completed nine of 12 passes for 165 yards and three touchdowns in only 30 minutes of playing time, led the Blue to a 54-0 stomping over the injury-riddled varsity. Never before had a Crimson team been so humbled by Yale; it set the stage for revenge...
...victory over the varsity eleven is a must for the Bulldogs to hold onto their slim chance to tie for the Ivy League title. If, by some twist of fate, the Yalies happen to gain a victory at the Bowl, they still must wait until Thanksgiving Day to cheer on Cornell against first-place Pennsylvania in the annual League finale at Philadelphia...
...thought after the game that the loss had meant the end of chances for an unopposed Ivy crown. News from Philadelphia, however, indicated later that Penn, playing on its own field with the services of captain John Jerbasi, had tied Yale, 4 to 4. Thus, unless fate intervenes, a Crimson victory in the Yale encounter will still give the varsity the championship by half a game...