Word: fates
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...been vociferous about his preference for a marriage with A-B, but the decision isn't his to make. Instead, his company's future hinges on shareholders, who should soon vote on SABMiller's bid?or on an expected counteroffer from A-B. For the first time, the fate of a Chinese company hangs on overseas shareholders...
...embarrassment for the Greeks, and it's too soon to say whether they will make the deadline. No wonder the authorities were so determined not to be distracted by the Kallithea blasts. Security guarantees? Such things, said a Greek police commander, paraphrasing his Stoic ancestors, "must be left to fate...
...most Harvard teams lucky enough—and good enough—to make their respective NCAA tournaments, the announcement of the brackets is an event unto itself. Players and coaches gather ceremoniously round the television and, on pins and needles, await their collective fate together—unless, of course you’re on the No. 21 Harvard men’s tennis team, in which case you just go to practice...
...save finally sealed the Crimson’s fate after a long game in which it simply would not give...
Chace tells his story efficiently and with an ear for good quotes. "It would be an irony of fate if my administration had to deal chiefly with foreign affairs," Wilson remarked en route to his Inauguration, "for all my preparation has been in domestic matters." World War I began the following year. --By Richard Lacayo