Word: fates
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...books are peopled by liberal sophisticates in comfortable, man-made environments. One of the pleasures of reading Updike has been his meticulous attention to the ways, particularly sexually, we live now. But these sleek surfaces reflect hidden depths. He writes, "It was and is still my fate to like the settings and the personalities that enlightenment creates without wanting, myself, to be thoroughly enlightened." Looking back on his career, he criticizes himself for having been too pliant and obedient, too willing to "go along" with the exigencies of reality. But in the process he displays his self, the stubborn core...
...vice chairman of Henry Kissinger's international consulting firm. Largely because Scowcroft is a noncontroversial official serving in a post that does not require Senate confirmation, there has been scant debate over the propriety of ) his prior business entanglements. Such quiet acceptance is not likely to be the fate of Lawrence Eagleburger, who became president of Kissinger Associates in 1984, after 27 years in Government. About to be nominated as Deputy Secretary of State, Eagleburger is expected to face a grueling confirmation battle revolving around the firm's globe-girdling client list that touches everything from Middle Eastern...
...People ask if I will run for governor again. I don't want to do that, even though I loved the job," says Evans. He says he would prefer to wait and see what fate drops...
...petition's author, community activist Terry Crystal, says yesterday that the debate was not simply about the fate of the two projects...
...into middle age can not only remain lovebirds but still get their knees up into the air. The show's archival curiosity is Mr. Monotony, a dance interpreting an Irving Berlin song; the number was dropped out of town from two successive shows. Here it is amusing, but its fate is understandable: this pure divertissement would be distracting in any musical with a plot...