"sightseeing" cont.

...I put this before you, the jury, to help decide her fate (although, technically, if its "fate" then it has already been decided.)

fate - an inevitable and often adverse outcome, condition, or end.

Ha, ha! Thank you for sealing my case Mr. Webster. I mean, look at the related synonyms, for crying out loud: Destiny, Lot, Portion, Doom. What else do I need to say?

You know, I almost feel sorry for her. Well, in an objective, principled, sort of way. But when the one who holds the winnowing fan fails to "winnow", what else is there but the white-heat of judgment?

W.P. Scranton