Word: chosen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...said, was carried out successfully in an atmosphere of trust and good will. And incidentally, he added that the Viennese seemed surprised but happy under Russian occupation, which so far has netted them a larger food ration than Austrians get in the American zone, and also a government chosen from their own people...
This much was already on the record: Ozawa was tough and aggressive, but above all he was air-minded - for 25 years he had boosted the cause of Japanese naval aviation. Tokyo itself supplied another reason why Ozawa was chosen: he had "thoroughly familiarized himself with surface special-attack [i.e., suicide] tactics...
...through six major wars and scores of minor ones, in peacetime the Army influence has always been suspect. Yet the sight of West Point on parade is always heart-quickening.. One good and typical reason could be found in the young stalwart who led the parade this week. Chosen by the Tactical Officers last June to command the Corps of Cadets during his final year, First Cadet Captain Robert Evans ("Woody") Woods was not necessarily the brainiest (he was 605th at graduation), the most personable, nor the most popular member of his class. He was chosen because he best...
...awarding the first of an annual batch of 117 college scholarships. The scholarships will pay tuition, fees, traveling expenses, and $25 a month for four years to two students from each state and the District of Columbia, plus 19 additional Negro students from the South. Winners were chosen through tests given to candidates elected by their own high-school classmates. A board of eleven, headed by Professor Floyd W. Reeves of the University of Chicago, has full control of the program. Pepsi-Cola is only putting up the money...
...trustees of a suburban Boston preparatory school were looking for a new headmaster. One candidate they considered was an alumnus then teaching chemistry at Harvard. They rejected him because of his "youth and inexperience." Three months later the alumnus, James Bryant Conant, was chosen president of Harvard. The pick-&-choosy school, Roxbury Latin, is this week celebrating its 300th anniversary. Alumnus Conant, proud of his old school's high standards, will be there to help celebrate...