11.   In the aftermath, the fates seem to be sending a message.

12.   In Washington, Paxon became an acolyte of Newt Gingrich, the Georgia Republican, and their fates seemed to rise and fall together.

13.   Like a spiraling Midwestern tornado, cruel fate seemed to follow Beardsley without mercy.

14.   Now that the film has opened in several European cities, to mixed reviews and middling box-office returns, its American fate seems more dismal than ever.

15.   Now fate seemed to mock the stranded trio.

16.   That fate would seem to be sealed.

17.   Their fates seem to range from early death to healthy life.

18.   Their fate seems sad.

19.   Yet once again fate seems determined not only to deny him the prize, but to humiliate him in the process.

20.   Yet once again fate seemed determined not only to deny him the prize, but to humiliate him in the process.