Word: fates
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Within an hour of the Moscow announcement, a State Department spokesman read a carefully crafted statement that had been personally approved by Jimmy Carter: "These trials will be watched closely in the United States. The fate of Mr. Shcharansky and Mr. Ginzburg will be an important indicator of the attitude of the Soviet government [regarding] ... the constructive development of U.S.-Soviet relations...
...Space Odyssey, a space-walking astronaut is separated from his ship and sent hurtling off to his death in space by an intelligent but deranged computer. Last week, in spite of Russian efforts to keep the incident quiet, Western sources reported that a Soviet cosmonaut narrowly avoided a similar fate in February. The near mishap apparently resulted from an unauthorized space walk by Cosmonaut Yuri Romanenko, 33, during last spring's record-breaking 96-day orbital flight aboard the Salyut 6 space station...
Critics sometimes complain about how many of Singer's characters behave irrationally and about how many of his plots hinge on the machinations of dybbuks or the fist of fate. Such readers forget the most important ingredient in the ancient art of storytelling that Singer practices: wonder, awe at a world that can contain such deeds and such doers. Aaron echoes his creator when he complains about the cold passion for explanations: "Who says that everything nature or human nature does can be expressed in motives and words? I had been aware for a long time that literature could...
...after graduation from West Point in 1903; he had fought the little Philippine brown brothers in the Aguinaldo insurrection. He had commanded a U.S. division in combat in World War I; had been Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army under Hoover; had retired. But he felt that our fate and Asia's were intertwined...
...definitely better, the standard American entrees are standardly satisfying, and the prices are low enough to keep the fans coming back for more. The 'Vous also boasts the best pinball arcade in the Square, although late at night the fans sometimes get a bit over-excited about the way Fate is treating them. But it sure beats mystery meat and gravy...