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Word: chosen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Chosen by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1887, when he began writing his Sherlock Holmes stories, because the Baker Street numbers then stopped short...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Aug. 1, 1949 | 8/1/1949 | See Source »

...most popular new exhibition in London last week was at the stodgy old Royal Society of Arts. Strictly for the hot weather, the society had assembled 162 cartoons and sketches, by 50 artists, chosen to reflect the British sense of humor. Princess Elizabeth, in cool green and white, gave the show a royal launching with a tour of inspection that covered a century and a half of evidence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Time for Comedy | 7/25/1949 | See Source »

When TIME'S editors decided to do a cover story on the fight against cancer, they were confronted with any number of first-rate men and institutions from which to select their cover subject. Manhattan's Memorial Hospital was chosen because it offered a complete cross-section of modern cancer research, and its director, Dr. Cornelius P. Rhoads, was a leading symbol of this effort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Jul. 18, 1949 | 7/18/1949 | See Source »

...together. Furthermore, Los Angeles is still changing so rapidly that a month's passage can make facts & figures incorrect. This burgeoning growth was demonstrated by our experiences with the seven photographers who worked for eight weeks taking the color shots for the picture supplement accompanying the story. Having chosen a location for a specific shot or a panoramic view, they were likely to find, on returning to make the picture, that a skeleton framework or a new building had gone up, blocking the view...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Jul. 11, 1949 | 7/11/1949 | See Source »

...Looters. Which of the three traditions should be chosen? Though Sir Walter's heart leans towards the first, his mind rejects all three. Instead, he says, a new sort of Christianization process is needed if universities are to correct the world's confusion rather than merely reflect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Hope or Despair? | 7/11/1949 | See Source »

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