Word: chose
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Mitchell Himself. At last Colonel Mitchell himself came to the stand. The Court informed him of his rights. He could: 1) be silent; 2) make an unsworn statement which the court would consider; 3) be sworn and be questioned and cross-questioned. Colonel Mitchell chose the last course. He was sworn and his lawyer, Congressman Frank Reid, questioned him, bringing out his service record, how he had served in France, been decorated, thanked by General Pershing, etc. He then began to testify concerning the things he had recommended for the Air Service which higher officials had not carried...
...authorized battle ground and the two colleges journeyed out along the post road to meet each other half way on neutral territory. Football was finally beginning to take on a modern aspect with a genuine differentiation between backfield and line. Scouting was not yet a business and sometimes chose picturesque methods. Some enterprising Yale men were wont to observe Harvard's secret practice on Soldiers Field from the Mount Auburn Cemetery tower, until Major Henry Lee Higginson was apprised of the situation and built such a lofty fence in a strategic position that thenceforth the Yale scouts saw nothing...
...yield completely and veer to the extreme Left, adding to his support the 100 Socialist votes? Answered the politicians: "He knew that if he won a Left majority in the Chamber with the capital levy, that measure would be later crushed by the Rights in the Senate. He chose to straddle. It was perhaps a courageous course...
...Sacramento, knowledge came to William M. Bowman, pioneer settler, that he like other men must die. He chose his pallbearers, dug a grave, lined it with cement, built a coffin, hewed a stone from native granite. That was 18 years ago when he was 73. Since the Grim Reaper continued to elude him, Mr. Bowman thought of a scheme. He built a flagpole over his grave and attached a flag and halyard. When he feels life departing, he will crawl into the coffin, raise the flag, and the people in the valley, knowing his signal, will climb the hill...
...Osaka, Japan, one Senichiro Tokuriki, shoemaker, lived with his wife until his two sons, Kazuo and Saburo, had reached the age of 18 and 19 respectively. Then, thinking that they were doubtless competent to fend for the woman, he chose another wife (a very lotus blossom for fairness) and moved away. The mother grieved herself to the edge of death, and the two lads, seeing that it was no laughing matter, took counsel together. They thought of a way to make their father come home. One night when there was no moon they stole out of the house and made...