Word: fates
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...Tensions between the two factions there have lately been especially high following the British pullout to the airport outside the city. Regardless, U.S. forces are unlikely to play a meaningful role in shaping the outcome. With no evident plans to reenter southern areas, the U.S.-led coalition leaves the fate of some of Iraq's most important territory to others...
...Fate is a playwright who writes final acts that are often horribly abrupt. Shame on Fate for taking George when he was still at the top of his illustrious game, with so many other complex characters to morph into...
...number implies.This new exhibit is organized by Mary McWilliams, the Calderwood curator of Islamic and later Indian art, and Sunil Sharma, a senior lecturer at Boston University, and will be on display at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum until Feb. 10, 2008.Rather than relaying the famous tale of ill-fated lovers Layla and Majnun in its entirety, “On the Path of Madness” focuses exclusively on Majnun, portraying him as he was understood in three countries—with differing degrees of clarity. The exhibit seems to derive more meaning from its historical and literary value...
...order to contribute to a larger revolutionary project, we must begin by unmasking our own incompleteness. Perhaps the most fundamental fact of human existence is its total contingency upon fate: The reasons that I am who I am, and not someone else, are necessarily inexplicable. No one can account for the intrinsic irrationality of existence (the fact of our general good fortune vis-à-vis the fact of others’ enormous suffering, for example). Similarly, we can never escape the reality that our assumptions, arguments, and interpretations all depend on the specific environment that nurtures...
...surprisingly, the joint agreement also failed to make any mention of thorny issues such as the fate of both South Korean prisoners of war and abductees in North Korea. Perhaps Kim Jong Il will address those topics if he fulfills an earlier promise to visit the South's capital. But it's not likely...