Fortunes

I remember that what we call our fortunes, good or ill, are but the wise dealings and distributions of a ❋ Henry Van Dyke (1892)

Here the artist presents Marxism Today, an installation following the uncertain fortunes of Marxist-Leninist teachers from the former communist East Germany. ❋ Robert Clark (2010)

The blood of our sons and daughters fighting over the years to give Donald Trump the freedom to amass his fortunes is desicrated by his lying loyalty to this foreign lover of terrorists. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Obama ended up winning the state by 10 points - a switch in fortunes for the Democrats from only four years earlier when President George W. Bush narrowly won the state. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He said the fates of Italy and Spain are intertwined, and integral to the euro's near-term fortunes. ❋ Javier E. David (2011)

The next few weeks and months could be critical—for both the government's longer-term fortunes and Mr. Gandhi's own political future—with key tests in Parliament and a series of state elections early next year. ❋ Amol Sharma (2011)

The Senate there instead of being elected for a term of six years, and of being unconfined to particular families or fortunes, is an hereditary assembly of opulent nobles. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Generations ago, industrialists and financiers extracted fortunes from the copper and gold mines dug into the canyons near here. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Players like Marquis Weddle, Benzor Simmons and Reuben Clayton will return, looking to change the Skyhawks 'fortunes from the four-win season that was definitely not typical of the UTM program. ❋ Unknown (2010)

To say it was not an effort to improve their own fortunes is asking too much of a set of men who have carefully used political influence and control to commandeer the most important resources of their time. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As consumers, we benefit as innovators make personal fortunes from the exceptional execution of these shared ideas. ❋ L. Gordon Crovitz (2010)

To answer your question as a critic and not a novelist, the most obvious difference between England circa 1910 and England now is that the sudden drop in fortunes that Leonard Bast experiencesthe free-fall from simply "working-class" to "economic and social oblivion" is not quite as swift nor as absolute as it used to be. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Then came the sudden change in fortunes during overtime. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Note 21: The decline in Gerrit van Wyk's fortunes is recorded in the opgaaf records of 1740 and 1741. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Skipping past the early Overland Monthly contributions, for which London had to threaten the editors to extract that $5, the rise in his fortunes is seen in his sales to national magazines. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Does anyone believe that if by some miracle there was a turnaround in fortunes and Labour were riding high in the polls that Gordon Brown would not be seeking out the adulation of his adoring public? ❋ Not A Sheep (2008)

So it would seem bad news abounds for the Democrats 'midterm fortunes this year. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Unfortunately for himself and the long-term fortunes of the Roycroft community, "Fra Elbertus" decided in 1915 that he and his wife should go talk to Kaiser Wilhelm to help bring an end to the Great War... and sailed out on the Lusitania. ❋ Unknown (2010)

•Quarterback: Probably the key to the team's fortunes is Jason Campbell. ❋ Unknown (2008)

What happens here could be a telltale sign of the near-term fortunes in regional banking. ❋ Unknown (2009)