Word: fatalism
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Beating by Scripture. The "fatal poison of irresponsible power" made brutes of most slaveholders, writes Douglass. Even in the border state of Maryland, where Douglass lived, slaves were regularly flogged by masters who were fond of paraphrasing Scripture. "He that knoweth his master's will, and doeth it not, shall be beaten with many stripes." Douglass knew of a white overseer who shot down a slave for refusing to obey. He tells of a 15-year-old girl who was beaten to death for letting a white baby cry. The slaves were helpless, since their testimony was not accepted...
...seen by her son in a chemise. She retorts that it is actually more proper for the son than the husband to observe such nudity. He demands she get dressed in the morning; she complains she's hot. He observes that a wasp sting can be fatal and must be cauterized or licked. She presents her behind for treatment...
...presidential chances, Rockefeller himself has said: "That is something each voter will have to decide when he enters the polling place." The crucial tests for Rocky will come in next year's presidential primaries; success in them should prove to Republican convention delegates that remarriage would not be fatal in November. In the final analysis, the type of campaign he wages and what he says on the paramount issues will probably be more important than his marital status...
...bring the Baathists to heel, and it well might. Isolated in power, with the street mobs sympathetic to Nasser and the army of uncertain loyalty, Baath's only available allies are the merchants and landowners, who most oppose Nasser's social objectives. Their embrace could be as fatal to Baath as Israel's would be to Hussein...
...there the similarities end. Martha, the woman on the stage, has made a fatal wreckage of her life. Uta Hagen has made hers an accomplishment. After a year at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she made her debut as an Óphelia considerably taller than Hamlet, who was played, oddly enough, by Eva Le Gallienne. She became a memorable Desdemona and a fine St. Joan. She followed Jessica Tandy as Tennessee Williams' Blanche DuBois with a performance so good that it was generally conceded to be the better of the two. She won another Tony award...