Word: fatefulness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...much as a murmur about fitness or stature. They forget, as they have in the past, that when it comes to the election itself, the public will take the issues of the day more seriously than they. It ceases to be a game-between human justice, the fate of nations and mankind, on the one hand, and on the other, a few slick party deals...
...America, New York Times Columnist C. L. Sulzberger wrote last week: "Our humiliation in Viet Nam would persuade guerrilla nuclei here of the efficacy of 'national liberation' wars. Our adversaries know, even if we do not, that revolutionary warfare in Viet Nam is directly linked to the fate of South America...
...when mountain goats, buffaloes and chickens are slaughtered to appease the Hindu gods and ensure good fortune for the coming twelve months. Nepal's King Mahendra, 47, is himself revered by his 10 million subjects as a god incarnate, but he does not trust his kingdom's fate entirely to heavenly hands. This week he was off to Washington to see Lyndon Johnson, in the hope that the coming year will bring an ample number of gifts stamped "Made in U.S.A." Accompanied by his petite wife, Queen Ratna, and Crown Prince Birenda, a Harvard student, the King will...
...which is unusual for the affluent. To them the war is wrong and it seems like nothing can be done about it. The distinct possibility of being sent to Vietnam to die brings home the feeling of powerlessness and awareness of the student's inability to control his own fate...
...beat of his time is Jonas Gould, an athletic and good-looking young Bronxite, working as a printer's apprentice. Reaching for adulthood but not yet firmly grasping it. Jonas at 21 must confront the relevance of a world bound for war with his own personal fate. The burden of this novel is Jonas' growing realization that though he may not know quite what he wants for himself, he must be wary of all who seem to know exactly what they want from...