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Word: chosen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Yutang, who not only wrote Importance of Living but managed to invent a Chinese typewriter, was chosen by UNESCO as just the man to head its Arts & Letters section...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Coming & Going | 7/5/1948 | See Source »

Seven out of ten graduates believe their college courses helped them "a lot" in their present occupation. If they had it to do over again, 83.5% would attend the same college, and only 2.1% would not go to college at all. But one in four wishes he had chosen another major field, and those who would do it differently vote three-to-two for more specific vocational training. The happiest profession: medicine (only 9.2% of the doctors have regrets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: That College Look | 7/5/1948 | See Source »

...Chosen to administer ERP through the Economic Cooperation Administration, was: 1. Elder Statesman Bernard Baruch. 2. Defense Secretary James Forrestal. 3. General Electric President Charles Wilson. 4. Herbert Hoover. 5. Studebaker President Paul Hoffman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Congress and the President | 7/5/1948 | See Source »

...whose father was Postal Telegraph Tycoon Clarence Mackay, plainly knows her lace-curtain set. But she handles her characters with kid gloves, eagerly plays up the best side of the worst of them. Most readers will get the feeling that she knows more about their problems than she has chosen to write...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Pain & Prejudice | 7/5/1948 | See Source »

...This was the site chosen for the GOP and Democratic conventions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Congress and the President | 7/5/1948 | See Source »

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