Word: fates
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...radical in order to enjoy his satire. When his book appeared, he was mortified to find that it delighted many of the "leisure class"-the only class, perhaps, which could fully appreciate the conspicuous haughtiness of Veblen's leisurely, elaborate prose. It became Veblen's fate to fall between two stools-between those who thought he was just funny and those who thought he was plain dangerous...
Into this political never-never land, the great and moving issues affecting Berlin's fate barely penetrated. Endless have been the battles over the seven Nazi war criminals jailed in the great red brick fortress of Spandau, in the British sector. Should butter patties be given to prisoners dangerously losing weight? Shall ex-Reichs-bank President Walther Funk's kidneys be operated on inside the prison or in a hospital outside...
...raven-haired girl with Irish blue eyes . . . as brave and dangerous as a tigress and was completely devoted to the British company . . ."). He felt lost when peace came. "I always expected to be killed in battle," he said. "Now I was left stranded, spared by some odd trick of fate...
Barring quirks of fate or sudden pestilence, Harvard should be a cinch to qualify for the finals, at least at the Varsity level. Neither the Crimson Jayvees nor the Freshmen have proved such strong contenders to date, however, and will have to exert themselves strenuously to stay in the running...
...Berlin collections in the Russian zone had a very different fate...