Word: chosen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...defined powers with respect to such matters as external affairs, defense, currency, customs; and the planning of production, trade, power and transport. To achieve this objective, the governments of the states of Western Europe should take steps to convene, as soon as practicable, a constituent assembly composed of representatives chosen by the parliaments of the participating states, to frame a constitution for such a federation...
While the Arab Leaguers waited in Riyadh, the late Yahya's eldest son Prince Seif el Islam Ahmed captured the Yemenite capital of Sana. Ahmed el Wazir, who had proclaimed himself Imam after Yahya's death,, fled. Prince Ahmed, who had been his father's chosen heir all along, at last became Imam...
Because he had little chance to paint in oils, Daumier has been called one of the most frustrated of artists, but cartooning was his chosen art. He never expressed any yearning for the ivory tower; the struggles of the marketplace were meat & drink...
...average age: 17) were the pick of 3,161 junior scientists, finalists in the annual Westinghouse Science Talent Search. They were chosen after stiff science aptitude tests, and on the basis of recommendations from teachers, their scholastic records, and a 1,000-word essay on their private research (sample subject: Chemiluminescence of 3-aminophthalhydrazide). For two lucky ones, there were $2,400 college scholarships...
...Chosen One. Meanwhile the girl his family had selected for him to marry has grown up. The fact that she has been chosen for him dulls his interest in her. She has, however, become a character of decision as his indecision grows; the same movements in Indian life that have left no place for him have given her maturity and confidence. When plans are made to marry her to someone else, he seduces her, finding in her a love which lacks the cold sensuality of his affairs and gives him a purpose and a sense of obedience...