Word: fates
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...years later, Birdie is engaged to Earl Urquhart, a philandering suitor uniquely unfit to wed this wonderful woman. Just before the wedding, though, Earl rashly risks his bride in a poker game, and Finus wins her from him. Fate prevents Finus from collecting on his debt, and some years later he marries Birdie’s childhood friend, Avis, even though he doesn’t love...
Cornell certainly accomplished the latter goal, keeping the ball for 35:28 as compared to Harvard’s 24:32. But the Big Red’s failure to execute on the other side of the ball sealed its fate in the Crimson’s convincing...
...therefore a delicious coincidence that the next day the New York Times ran a story on the fate of the concept of self-esteem. You know what self-esteem is: according to decades of psychological and educational theory, it's the essential building block for a successful life. A few generations of children, especially minority kids, have been educated according to the theory that they lack self-esteem, that this deficiency is central to any problems they may have in making their way in the world and that the worst thing you can ever do to a child...
With all the injuries, the team’s fate this weekend will likely rely upon the performance of Harvard’s freshmen...
...diplomacy, renewed arms inspections and new eruptions of Israeli-Palestinian violence and al-Qaeda activity in the Gulf and elsewhere may see domestic and international support for an invasion begin to ebb. So, the net effect of the congressional resolution offering Bush the authority to determine Iraq's fate may force him, fairly soon, to make the decision that defines his presidency...