But it was a fateful decision for the Maccabees with dreadful consequences for religious freedom.

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After his mother died, his father made what would be a fateful decision, sending him to live with an aunt.

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In essence, Lichtenstein claims bad legal advice caused him to put Extended Stay in bankruptcy, a fateful decision that triggered the so-called bad boy provision in the mortgage documents.

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In fact, the seminal moment in the book involves (coincidentally enough) another confrontation with McChrystal and the top military brass during the run-up to the president's fateful decision to approve a troop surge in Afghanistan.

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Indeed, history may tell us that the Democrats' slide in this cycle began with the fateful decision to pursue a health-care overhaul in 2009 rather than to invest political capital on more steps to stimulate the economy.

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After that fateful day of clarity, I made a decision to change my life.

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Another fateful decision involved the structure of the 1969 stock offering that saw the Times Co. become a publicly traded company.

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