For the most part, the research has focused on the discovery of a complex cascade of genes that combine to form molecular pathways needed to help youthful cells, tissues and organs decide in which direction to take their first fateful steps — whether to go left or right. (salk.edu)
But in placing the Bible at the disposal of the uninstructed they took a fateful step. (religion-online.org)
In December it took the fateful step, and by February of 1861 five states followed in secession from the Union. (religion-online.org)