Word: fatalism
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...world had not yet recognized. An expert on finance whose translations of French verse won critical acclaim, he combined the resourcefulness of a diplomat with the vision of a poet. His vision, the philosophy of international cooperation which inspired his many expeditions of mediation and reconciliation, including his fatal mission to the Congo, found its fullest expression in the document which turned out to be his final testament to the world. In the report which he was to have submitted to the General Assembly upon his return from Africa, Mr. Hammarskjold contrasted two concepts of the authority and function...
...turn too fast, rolled once more, and suffered a fractured knee that kept him out of racing for a year. Von Trips was always "Count Crash" after that, but he was driving more carefully this year, taking fewer risks; and he took heart because Monza had not had a fatal accident since...
...Lower East Side. At 20, he is running a bucket shop. Soon he sets up a gambling house, and moves in on the horse parlors. But after fingering a little punk (Rooney) who has served him loyally, the rat (as he did in real life) catches a fatal dose of lead poisoning in Room 349 of the Park Central Hotel...
...other men among the President's senior foreign policy advisers, not present at the meeting, shared Fulbright's feelings: Under Secretary of State Chester Bowles and Adlai Stevenson. In deference to these views, Kennedy made two separate rulings which were to contribute to the fatal dismemberment of the whole plan. First, U.S. air power would not be on call at any time. Second, the B-26s flown by "our" Cubans could be used in only two strikes before the invasion-first on D-minus-two-days and again on the morning of the landing...
...help them pay off their debts. But when a G.A.'s hands itch for a hot pair of dice, a rush call to the local G.A. chapter will bring two or three fellow members on the run to talk the weakening high roller out of placing the fatal first...