Word: chose
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Fifth of Class Chose Tennis...
Professor C. H. Moore chose Alaska as the place in which to spend his summer vacation. He travelled over the "great open spaces" in search of game, accompanied by guides and a caravan of twelve pack mules. He bagged a good many deer, bears and lynx--bringing back the antlers of one of the deer as trophies to revive his memories of the trip...
...Every school child knows the prowess of George Washington, but few grown men know what a fortunate accident he was. The Continental Congress chose him to head our Armies only as a matter of politics. His military record was unknown. John Hancock and Artemus Ward wanted to command but, to appease the South, George Washington, the "quiet husband of the richest woman in America," was chosen, regardless of qualifications, to lead our Armies. Similarly, LaFayette was made a Major General for his zeal, his illustrious family, his connections...
...Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David, Prince of Wales, Earl of Chester, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles and Great Steward of Scotland, High Steward of Windsor, K.G., K.T., G.C.S.I., G.M.M.G., G.C.I.E., G.C.V.O., G.M.B.E., I.S.O., M.C., etc., chose from all his titles that of Baron of Renfrew, boarded the good boat Berengaria, sailed...
...successor to Mr. Davis, Attorney General Stone chose "Wild Bill" Donovan, a man who was a pupil of his 20 years ago, when the Attorney General was a professor in the Columbia Law School. Colonel William J. Donovan, a Buffalo man, was U. S. Attorney in the Western District of New York until his appointment. He is now only 41. During the War he served overseas, was thrice wounded. He is one of two men who received the Congressional Medal of Honor, the Distinguished Service Cross and the Distinguished Service Medal. Recently he has been known to the public...