Word: fatefulness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...When told that even The Crimson includes a horoscope, Kirshner reddens and says, "What's the deal, why does The Crimson have the horoscope in there? Don't people think they're in charge of their own fate?" He reconsiders. "No, of course not, they think the faculty are in charge of their fate. It's honest inadvertence...
...Even if you do believe that the planets have a gravitational pull on people, and that that pull somehow effects personality and fate, Kirshner contends that astrological predictions today aren't even based on the proper position of the planets...
...Young Werther told the story of a preternaturally sensitive poet whose impossible love eventually leads to suicide. After it appeared in print young people throughout Europe began imitating Werther's style of dress, talking like him and contemplating Romantic suicide. Many opted to share the fictional character's fate, to embrace his vast yearnings and finally to become tragic heroes in their own eyes. The thought of them always fills me with an immense sadness...
Though this goal ultimately sealed the Bears' fate, it was senior goaltender J.R. Prestifilippo who saved the win for the Crimson...
...series, came to bat in the eighth inning, Henry clasped his hands together in prayer and asked the sky "Can he hit another home run?" As the ball sailed over the left center field fence, Henry knew there were deities of the baseball diamond, and that they understood fate...