Word: chosen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...enter and occupy such a country, the Allies had need of a man with great experience, great gifts and well-nigh infinite wisdom. Weeks before the actual problem arose, they had chosen General of the Army Douglas MacArthur...
Well, Hardly Ever. In Camp Funston, Kans., chosen the "perfect replacement" by G.I.s was Sioux Indian Pvt. John Nevermissashot...
...plot - which of two babies, one still unborn, is to succeed to the title of Lord Popenjoy - is not so much the point of the story as the point at which feverish uncles, aunts and in-laws collect, each to fight for his or her chosen Popenjoy and, in the process, to stand self-revealed...
...advancement of pure science that of picking men of genius, backing them heavily and leaving them to direct themselves," says President Conant. "There is only one proved method of getting results in applied science--picking men of genius, backing them heavily, and keeping their aim on the target chosen...
Private industrial research, President Conant claims, tends to keep by-products of the process used in reaching the "chosen target" to a minimum. Under such methods, there is little time, he indicates, to follow up the side-tracks which unexpectedly develop into such discoveries as penicillin...