Each house in the small hamlet had become temporary headquarters for groups of officers deliberating the immediate fate of the men they were leading.

The results did not exactly decide the immediate fate of either horse.

All this leaves the Bush Treasury with major decisions to make, including the immediate fate of the 30-year bond.

The project's immediate fate rests with end-of-year budget negotiations in Congress.

They were more gentle with the girl but her immediate fate was identical.

But at least his immediate fate was not to be annihilation, as he had feared at the outset.

A little scream from Dejah Thoris brought the men's attention to their own, immediate fate.

The eight-cell embryos' immediate fate - whether they are to be destroyed or remain in storage - is still in question.

My main concern is the immediate and long-term fate of the Iraqis forced to flee their own country.

Blacks' immediate fate will be decided at a board meeting early on Friday.