That moment settled the course of his life.
(It may be difficult to tell how they are settled, of course, if the content of the fiction depends, e.g., on facts about the arrangement of the actual world, but this is not a problem of completeness, but only of modal epistemology).
I won't take that on until I get settled, of course, but in anticipation I'm now applying for my medical license to practice in the state of New York.
After discussing the work with conservatorial colleagues and a former assistant in Kippenberger's studio, Scheidemann and his team settled upon a course of treatment.
He said he hoped to continue his Senate campaign, but would not make any decisions about the race until he had settled on a course of treatment, which includes radiation, hormone therapy, surgery or a combination of those options.
Nonetheless, a senior administration official said after Mr. Bush's speech that "he has no war plans on his desk," and that he had not yet settled on a course of action in Iraq.
He said he hoped to continue his campaign for United States Senate, but would not make any definite decisions about the race until he had settled on a course of treatment.
On March 30 , 1981-- after a half-dozen years of aimless wandering between Texas, Colorado, Connecticut and California; after a stint living in Hollywood, where he hoped to become famous as a songwriter; after stalking President Jimmy Carter at campaign stops in Ohio and stalking the young actress Jodie Foster at Yale -- John W. Hinckley Jr. finally settled on a course of action.
Intentions resist reconsideration they are relatively stable, in the sense that we take ourselves to be settled on a course of action when we intend it, and it seems to be irrational to reconsider an intention absent specific reason for doing so.
And it's anybody's guess as to whether Trump has personally settled on a course of action ― or if he even cares enough about policy details to decide on one.
