"Must such phenomena," he asked, "as democracy, the exploitation of the globe, and the general spread of technology, all of which presage a deminutio capitis for Europe - must these be taken as absolute decisions of fate?
Ms Evans argued that a woman undergoing IVF treatment should have the same absolute control over her foetus's fate as a woman who conceived without medical assistance.
Three justices dissented, warning against "a single appointed federal official vested with absolute control, unrestrained by adequate standards, over the fate of a substantial segment of the life and economy of three states".
He also cautioned that people who do get tested must keep in mind that a positive result does not seal their fate: their risk is higher, but not absolute.
First, the decision to target the medulla neuropil of single cell Notch null mutant clone is probabilistic (∼60%) rather than absolute (100%) as would be expected for cell fate specification.
In a state of extreme nervous exhaustion, he at last accepted the inevitability of defeat and thereupon prepared to take his own life, leaving to its fate the country over which he had taken absolute command.
In season nine's "Absolute Justice", John has his Martian powers restored by Dr. Fate (Brent Stait) and then helps Clark and other members of the Justice Society of America defeat a mutual enemy.
One of the reasons for such a difference may be the absolute requirement of the asynchrony of cell division for proper development and cell fate specification.
"Wherever Solzhenitsyn happened to dwell and wherever fate cast him, he never for a moment ceased to be the absolute master of his own life," Chukovskaya once wrote.
Solitude became for Homer not simply a preference but an absolute necessity, as he turned his mind and his art to subjects dealing with human fate in confronting the elemental forces of nature.
