1.   Shortly before this, however, fate took a hand in the so far uneventful war of Second Lieutenant Stirling.

2.   Fate had again taken a hand.

3.   Fate would take a hand.

4.   As with so much else, fate took a hand.

5.   But their only plan this off-season is to win a seventh successive division championship and let fate take its course in October.

6.   Fate took a curious twist.

7.   In some cases, fate takes a hand and extends a vacation or otherwise accounts for an absence.

8.   Sometimes, it seems, tense situations are resolved by good humor, by good sense or by letting fate take its course.

9.   Then fate took a hand.

10.   Then fate took over.