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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
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fate a fate worse than death rape; the term is recorded from the early 19th century, although earlier in the mid 17th century Dorothy Osborne in a letter refers to ‘the Roman courage, when they killed themselves to avoid misfortunes that were infinitely worse than death’.
seal someone's fate make it inevitable that something unpleasant will happen to someone.
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Fate Therapeutics Granted Exclusive License for Stem Cell Modulators by Children's Hospital Boston and Massachusetts General Hospital.
PR Newswire; 5/15/2009; 700+ words
; ...JOLLA, Calif., May 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Fate Therapeutics, Inc. announced today that...Hospital Boston and a scientific founder of Fate Therapeutics, expand the Company's broad...the activity and state of stem cells. Fate Therapeutics is utilizing its adult stem...
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Fate.(fiction)(excerpt from "Meness berns")(New Latvian Fiction)
Magazine article from: The Review of Contemporary Fiction; 3/22/1998; ; 700+ words
; Each of us has a different fate. That's what Grandma told her grandson...then a car came humming along. The word fate alighted in Charlie's head, bounced...scared and thought that this was what fate looked like. He was terrified: What...
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Fate Therapeutics Adds Pratik Multani, M.D., M.S., as Vice President Clinical Development to Advance Upcoming Clinical Programs of Stem Cell Modulators.
News Wire article from: PR Newswire; 5/18/2009; 700+ words
; ...JOLLA, Calif., May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Fate Therapeutics, Inc. announced today that...development experience, Dr. Multani will lead Fate Therapeutics' upcoming clinical trials...molecules and biologics that guide cell fate for therapeutic purposes. SCMs can potentially...
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Fate Therapeutics Taps Successful Biotech CEOs Paul Grayson and John Mendlein for Leadership Team.
PR Newswire; 5/14/2008; 700+ words
; ...Grayson and John Mendlein have joined Fate Therapeutics as president and CEO and executive...biotechnology teams and organizations. Fate Therapeutics is a pioneer the emerging...Company scientists are redirecting the fate of the body's adult stem cells to enable...
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+(via+Knight-Ridder%2fTribune+Business+News) "The Dallas Morning News (Dallas, Texas) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)")
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Fate, Texas' Small-Town Status on the Line Due to Development.
Newspaper article from: The Dallas Morning News (Dallas, Texas) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News); 7/12/2002; 700+ words
; Byline: Jeff Mosier Jul. 12--FATE, Texas--City Administrator Gerry Boren has some advice for the people of Fate: Buckle up. The City Council is being...way for a development that could give Fate's 1,000 residents 13,000 neighbors...
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Fate Therapeutics Created by Leading Stem Cell Scientists to Pursue New Approaches to Stem Cell Therapies.
Business Wire; 11/29/2007; 700+ words
; ...s most respected leaders in stem cell biology today announced formation of Fate Therapeutics, a new biotechnology company developing drugs to control cell fate. Fate will harness the healing power of adult stem cells by using small molecule drugs...
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The concept of fate in Mencius.
Magazine article from: Philosophy East and West; 10/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; The concept of fate in Mencius is by no means a new theme in...doctrine of unalterable and unpredictable fate we have hardly been given a conclusive and persuasive answer. Since the concept of fate constitutes an important part of the Mencian...
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THE QUESTION OF FATE GIVES PAUSE TO PONDER.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 9/1/1994; 700+ words
; ...Service WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. Fate. Kismet. Destiny. How much...three goddesses, called the Fates, controlled all human destiny...string ran out. But debates over fate and the fragility of life abruptly...it happen that day? Was it fate? ``I believe in randomness...
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Fate and fortune: Derrida on facing the future
Magazine article from: Philosophy Today; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...themes of necessity and contingency, "fate" and "fortune." The broader context...Derrida does not himself talk of "fate" or "fortune" in relation to the experience...in relation to the ancient concepts of 'fate' and 'fortune." "Fate," "Fortune...
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The Silver Thread; FATE ACCOMPLI
Newspaper article from: Pittsburgh City Paper; 4/16/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...from cosmetics. Well, lead singer Jason Fate doesn't really flee -- rather, he scoots...crutches act as almost an accessory to Fate's black suit jacket, two black-and...arranged dark hair and pale complexion. To Fate's right, Todd Thomas sits quietly...
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Fates
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
...The Greek image of the Fates developed over time...the Odyssey, spoke of Fate as a single force, perhaps...the decisions of the Fates. Occasionally, however, fate could be manipulated...Apollo * tricked the Fates into letting his friend...
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Fate Neurosis
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
FATE NEUROSIS Helene Deutsch developed the notion of "fate neurosis" on the basis of the notion of "compulsion of...The impression they give is of being pursued by a malignant fate or possessed by some 'daemonic' power; but psychoanalysis...
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FATE (Magazine)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
FATE (Magazine) Preeminent American journal devoted...story of Kenneth Arnold's UFO sightings and FATE regularly thereafter carried UFO stories...She was succeeded by Jerome Clark in 1988. FATE emerged as a unique publication. On the one...
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fate
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...their control: he suffered the same fate as his companion. ∎...person: the guards led her to her fate. 2. ( the Fates ) Greek & Roman Mythol. the...way. PHRASES: seal someone's fate make it inevitable that something...
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Fate
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary
253. Fate (See also .) Adrastea goddess of inevitable fate. [Gk. Myth.: Jobes, 35...Clotho, and Lachesis the three Fates; worked the thread of life...Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 78] Fates three goddesses who spin, measure...
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