An undercurrent of fear in moscow reflects the unpleasant things that can befall anyone who really challenges mr putin ; there is no such climate in kiev .
Of all the catastrophes that could befall america in coming years , a big terrorist attack , perhaps even bigger than those on september 11th 2001 , may be more likely than others .
The massacre , or " assassination " as hamid karzai , the president of afghanistan , described it , is but the latest disaster to befall the nato-led coalition .
By " the dog " we are to understand that every misfortune to befall daughter , wife or dog was now his misfortune ; such is the nature of attachment and the nature of those miseries that accompany life beyond 21 .
For example , dan and I have been looking at the topic of affective forecasting , which is concerned with the way in which people think about the future and how they think they will react emotionally to a specific event that might befall them .