Word: fates
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...organize a march to protest the entrance of the criminal [Ariel] Sharon to al-Aqsa Mosque. After dawn, I started reading the Koran. The sun's rays were weaving a special dress of martyrdom. The sun's told us, "You have a date with martyrdom." The Muslim believes in fate. God decides death and life. I read the verses that deal with martyrdom. My heart was brimful with a special feeling. It is very great to fall a martyr. The martyr has a high ranking in heaven...
...Girard, a real woman who, in the 1790's, was placed in an asylum by her husband. Throughout the piece, author Lanie Robertson asks "Is Mary Girard truly insane?" The seeming insanity of the Furies, figments of Mary's imagination, conflict with her seeming reason as she questions her fate. It is up to the audience to decide...
...Supreme Court agreed Oct. 10 to hear two cases that will significantly impact the constitutional and human rights of deportable immigrants. The cases concern the fate of two legal immigrants scheduled to be deported for serious crimes whose home countries refuse to take them back. Currently, these immigrants reside in legal limbo, unable to live freely in any country. The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) is seeking the power to incarcerate them indefinitely--after their prison terms have ended--until deportation can be arranged. Though these individuals may have forfeited their right to reside in the U.S., they have...
What happened last week looked inevitable as it unfolded live on TV. But it didn't even look possible two weeks ago. Milosevic unwittingly set his fate in motion last summer when he tampered with the constitution and called an election nine months early to buff up his democratic veneer. Voters didn't like that, but when Serbs went to the polls Sept. 24, even they suspected the country would cement his presidency in place for another four years. And when the opposition declared a runaway victory on Sept. 25, claiming Kostunica had got 52.4%, compared with Milosevic...
Postmaster General Henderson resists even the suggestion that the Postal Service could disappear and has vowed to shake up his mammoth organization. Yet in testimony to Congress last month, he seemed resigned to a fate that is uncertain at best. As he argued for support of the postal-reform bill that has languished in committee for so many years, the USPS veteran fell back on a sentimental plea. He cited statistics showing that 66% of all Americans believe the mail is our most private and secure form of communication. "These findings are a testament to the enduring strength and unique...