Word: chosen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...appointing Charles Francis Adams '88, treasurer of Harvard College, as Secretary of the Navy, President-elect Hoover has shown himself to be influenced by more than political considerations. That there were other men whom the public could have better expected chosen, was evidenced by the fact that Mr. Adams's name was not even mentioned by the press as a possibility, although he was among those who have recently conferred with Mr. Hoover in Miami. It seems plain that the new cabinet will be appointed with less regard for invisible government, and more for personal qualifications...
...took just two hours for the truth to leak out. Some one simply had to tell that Mrs. George Higgins Moses (nee Florence Abby Gordon), the lively, pince-nezzed wife of the bellicose Senator from New Hampshire, had been chosen to head the luncheon club. "Mr. Moses is President pro tern, of the Senate, you see, so that made it most appropriate . . .," etc. etc. Mrs. Gann was elected a Senate Lady only on a nonvoting, honorary basis...
Trial. Last week the trial began. Rubberneckers swarmed into the Manhattan courtroom of the U. S. Supreme Court as though legal curtains were about to be raised on the scene of some glamorous crime. The jury, chosen for its ignorance of Leonardo, was composed of a clerk, two agents, two realtors, an accountant, a shirtmaker, an artist, a poster artist, an upholsterer, a vendor of ladies' wear and a man without occupation. Chief counsel for Mrs. Hahn was large, ironic S. Lawrence Miller. His opponent was excitable Lawyer George W. Whiteside. The room was littered with books on esthetics...
...treasurer, who is also to act as production manager, and two other members of the executive board are to be chosen by the executive board. No definite plans as to the spring production were divulged...
...selected to participate in these contests were chosen from a group of about fifteen students who reported for the trials. Each team, however, will consist of only two men; and consequently two of these candidates will be appointed alternates. Active preparation for the debates will start today...