Word: fatefulness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...aimed at spooking Republicans into an early deal. After all, pursuing acquittal in a Senate trial would mean Clinton would have to accept a place in history as the second President to be impeached by the House. Top House Democrats will be encouraging the White House to avoid that fate and negotiate with Hyde. Democrats may even be willing to jettison their plans to call Starr as a witness--if Hyde agrees to a debate over whether any of Clinton's alleged offenses merit impeachment...
...mechanics or results: his fastball had not lost 1 m.p.h.; he was still hitting the corners; and he had struck out three in a row. To the mound walks Torre, which almost always signals a pitching change, since Stottlemyre attends to nursing and instruction. Wells, who understood his fate but naturally resisted it, told Torre, "I have something left. Send [relief pitcher Jeff Nelson] back." Torre smiled and said, "Go off and get your round of applause"--a wild expectation in Cleveland. Wells smiled too, walked to the dugout, and tipped his cap to the not entirely booing crowd...
Never mind the courts, keep an eye on the airports: The surest sign of General Augusto Pinochet's fate may be the arrival of a Chilean military aircraft in London Monday, ready to take the former dictator home. "Britain's government has backed away from the Pinochet case, saying it's a matter for the courts," says TIME London bureau chief Barry Hillenbrand. "They're committed to seeing through the Spanish extradition request, but this is too hot for Britain to handle alone." As Pinochet's lawyers fought for his release in London, the Spanish high court was considering...
...soccer team certainly hopes that it can win when it visits the Princeton Tigers tomorrow afternoon in a match that could very well determine Harvard's fate in the Ivy League...
ROUND FIVE: The Fickle Finger of Fate...