Word: fatalism
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...press conference, Nixon appeared more relaxed, subdued and conciliatory than he has in a long time. For the most part, he fielded reporters' questions in an assured and forthright manner. He gave not the slightest hint that he either feared that any such fatal revelation might be imminent or that he would ever quit under any circumstances. Even if his continuance in office
...symptoms were nearly fatal to Harvard during the opening five minutes of the contest as the Friars put three quick ones past an ailing Jim Murray. But Cleary's "Comeback Kids" have shown remarkable recuperative powers all season long, and were able to snap out of the trance...
...second half featured a see-saw battle, with offsetting performances by Brown, who finished with 11 grabs and nine points, and Tony Jenkins, who captained the Crimson cause with 14 rebounds and 17 points. But, as usual, the final few seconds proved fatal to Harvard's hardwood heartstoppers, with Desvigne following in a long line of enemy spoilers...
Then a near-fatal car accident clouded the government's position even further. Robert T. Griffin, the special GSA administrator for the Kennedy Library, was hit by a car Thursday while crossing a Washington street, and is in satisfactory condition, but unable to comment...
This ethic of blind loyalty was the fatal flaw in the Confucian tradition. A young official served at the grace of the emperor, not China, because, for him, the emperor was the very essence of China. During the Opium War--China's disastrous contact with the naked force of Western imperialism--complete alteration of battle results was common. The deceptions protected individual officers in the eyes of the emperor at the expense of the entire people--but then "the people" was only a vague concept in the Confucian tradition. The ruling hierarchy could not handle conflicts greater than relations between...