Word: fatefulness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...letter to the Central Maine Morning Sentinel, Yates wrote "It is my belief that every person should have the fundamental right to make decisions regarding his or her own fate and to be able to accept the consequences of those decisions. The government should not have to be responsible for protecting me from myself. As long as I am the only one affected by my actions, there should be no need for the government to interfere. I judged myself capable of completing the climb and willing to accept the risk of injury or failure. Who else is as familiar...
...when Dave Broll tossed in one of a pair of free throws, Harvard's fate was sealed as the buzzer sounded before the Crimson could put up another shot...
...curious twist of fate, which some might call poetic justice, Mexico finally has something that the United States desperately wants--huge reserves of oil and natural gas--and has no intention of obediently giving it away. Experts predict that by 1980 Mexico will be the world's fifth largest producer of oil, just behind Saudi Arabia...
KURT THOMAS. His fate is to be a world-class athlete still little known to his countrymen, but Kurt Thomas is not the retiring sort. This month alone, he will travel over 10,000 miles, crisscrossing the country to gymnastic competitions, exhibitions, banquets, television tapings and, this week, a White House reception in his honor. "In a major sport like basketball, Larry Bird can just say to everyone, 'Leave me alone. I'm going to make my million anyway,' " says Thomas. "But in a minor sport, it's what we need...
...Masiell's assessment of the peculiar fate of 20th-century man emerges unmistakably from this musical potpourri. A shameless and sincere romantic, he laughs defiantly in the face of the world's many troubles. "They'll only get you down if you let 'em," he seems to say, and in light of his professional struggles, and his father's chronic illness, his is the voice of experience. There is a sordidness and crudity in many of the renditions reminiscent often of Joel Grey in Cabaret. Furthermore, Masiell's carriage, and four husky, underdressed, female sidekicks make the whole performance seem...