Word: fates
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...persisting American ideological commitment to success-to a firm belief in its possibility, to a desire for proof of its achievement, here and now. Even Cotton Mather, no pagan hedonist or crass materialist or psychologically "oriented" suburbanite, wanted his children to prosper-and saw in such a fate for them a realization of himself. Today many of us fight for our children as if it were heaven itself we have in mind as we roll up our sleeves or bare our teeth. If public schools lack certain qualities, then one must find them in private schools. If a particular community...
...between Barbagelata's belt-tightening oratory and Mascone's smoother campaign organization and personal style. The dollar-conscious Barbagelata, a businessman who keeps a pocket calculator at the ready during board of supervisors meetings, counted on support from San Franciscans who feared their city might suffer the fate of New York. A four-day police and firemen's strike in August showed citizens how determined unions might bully a city into submission. Over the supervisors' protests, outgoing Mayor Joseph Alioto finally caved in and granted raises to end the strike...
...South Moluccans could subside as quickly as it arose once the grim episode has been concluded. Nonetheless, hundreds of citizens lined up last week to sign a petition calling for especially severe penalties for terrorist crimes. At week's end, there was great concern for the fate of the 25 hostages held by the South Moluccan terrorists at the Indonesian consulate-especially after seven shots were heard inside the building on Sunday...
Like 19th century Poland-which was said to be not so much a country as a state of mind-the poor nations are united more perhaps by attitude than by geography. Underlying that unity are a gnawing sense of anger against the West and a common feeling that their fate is not in their own hands. Two related events galvanized them into a cohesive bloc: the 1973 decision by the ministers of OPEC to quadruple the price of oil, which had been $2 per bbl., and the Arab nations' imposition of an oil embargo at the time...
...near-terminal case of sibling rivalry because Big Brother Sherlock is always getting the good cases, he becomes a pawn in one of the latter's non-stop games of mastermind with Professor Moriarty. This one has something to do with a stolen state document on which the fate of empire trembles...