Word: fates
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...under the "maximization of first choice" process, all groups will be scanned in order for their first choice. Students whose first choices have been filled will be scanned again for their second choices. Those who are left after a third pass will be randomly assigned. Students learn their final fate on the morning of March...
Waiting. Serenely waiting. For fate to do its stuff. It turns out that the seemingly irrelevant history of the spinsters' lives, the lovers they long ago rejected, their eccentric religious community, are all essential for Babette's apotheosis. The revelation of her true identity -- she was at one time Paris' premier chef -- does not startle once she begins preparations for her triumph. But there are wonderful surprises in store. Follow the intricate ways in which her benefactors' pasts provide Babette with an occasion. Scan the crowd, at once skeptical yet starving for a masterpiece. Listen for that pompous critical voice...
Whatever Swaggart's ecclesiastical fate, laborers in TV evangelism, who stand to suffer yet more diminution of public esteem, emphasize that his sin does not remotely compare with Bakker's. Says Mark DeMoss, spokesman at PTL after Bakker resigned: "Last year's episode involved a lot of financial wrongdoing directly related to contributions. If Bakker had merely been accused of an affair with Jessica Hahn, he'd still...
...fate would have it the game ends with the puck in their crease," RPI Coach Mike Addesa said. "That says a lot there...
...fate of another voyage, Shultz's latest round of peace negotiations, remained almost as problematic. Though it has always been taken for granted that the U.S. would participate in the Arab-Israeli peace process when it resumed, Washington has spent years largely on the sidelines and will be playing catch-up ball for a time. As Shultz last week set out for Moscow, where he was to meet with Soviet officials before moving on to the Middle East, the Secretary professed to be unperturbed by Shamir's lack of enthusiasm or any other unfavorable Middle East portent. Said Shultz...