Word: fates
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...possible course of events which might indicate a connection between these two occurrences is not hard to visualize. The Nationalists, with that consummate lack of tact which has so far seemed characteristic of their operations, suggest the fate Admiral for a position for which, in addition to his known allegiance to the Hohenzollerns, he is probably unqualified by reason of his age and lack of political experience. Immediate hostility being expressed in foreign diplomatic circles, particularly by Mr. Edouard Herriot in Paris, the Nationalist leaders cast about for some means with which to quiet such unworthy suspicions. Alighting happily upon...
...appeal was vain. The conference report was rejected, 191-171. In the Senate it probably would have met the same fate...
...family rose and fell with her. Her father, the Earl of Wiltshire, whose title was the reward of the combined ambitions of his daughter and himself, was "spared the ignominy of serving on the jury" that condemned her to death shortly after the like fate of her brother Rockfort, who had died for the most sufficient reason that Henry desired his definite removal...
...fate of Russia grows ever more tragic. In the unbelievably pleasant days before the war its nobles shared with the French the title of intellectual aristocrats of the world, and its vodka addicted peasants moved native and impressive through a thousand gripping novels. A voluntary bath of blood unfortunately washed the glamor from this old Russian life and left the rest of the world amazed and horrified by tales of the temperamental Red gone politically and economically wild. To the conservative the last twist to Russia's woeful thread of fate is given by Charles Recht's report that Russia...
...newcomer, has approached the older men in batting power. Among the familiar faces are Riopel, football captain, already the recipient of an offer from the New York Giants; Captain Simendinger, for four years a stellar outfielder and hitter; and Gautreau, always a brilliant player, but by queer twists of fate the one man who has invariably played the stellar role in downing Harvard...