Word: fatalism
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...into the Neva River. Now, 50 years after the murder, the prince will have the pleasure of watching someone else do the job. His recent book, The End of Rasputin, is being filmed near the prince's home in Paris, with English Actor Peter McEnery giving the fatal mugging to Gert (Goldfinger) Frobe...
...appeared before, but Manchester tells them through Jackie's eyes, thus multiplying the impact. One scene that agitated the Kennedys was his description of Jackie's horror-stricken reaction as she saw her husband's skull shattered by Assassin Lee Harvey Oswald's last-and fatal-shot. Numbed and bewildered, she cradled her husband's head in her lap, sought to cover his gaping wound with her hand-as if by that act she could heal...
Helen, whose face was fatal, must have wept...
Knowledge of the other person is essential to good giving, but here, as in other areas, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. The information that someone is a music lover is insufficient. Unless his exact tastes are known, it is fatal to give him a recording (he is bound to have or to hate the Callas version of Tosca you have chosen). One ready but unfortunate way to avoid such pitfalls is the all-purpose gift. And even here, care should be taken; the generally safe basket of gourmet food may play havoc with a dieter...
...merely showing his teeth?) at his twelve-year-old orphan nephew. "But five million dollars charming, you're not." What Uncle means to say in his usual genial way is that since he stands to inherit Barnaby's estate if Barnaby should have a fatal accident, he intends to make sure that Barnaby has a fatal accident-fast...