Word: chosen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...chosen people (which they believe themselves to be), the Mormons think they have a direct line of communication to the Almighty. In the church's turbulent early years its leaders were able to report direct and literal heavenly guidance on even such mundane subjects as Illinois real estate. But a divine revelation in 1947 would amaze no man more than Mormonism's tall, white-bearded, 77-year-old President George Albert Smith, seventh successor to the prophet Joseph Smith, and the mortal instrument through which a heavenly message would be received...
...Joseph Smith and his chosen people were an affront to the whole frontier. Rumors blazed across the country. The prophet and a few intimates had secretly begun practicing polygamy, often marrying the wives of other Mormons who were handily absent on missions. In 1844, Smith ran for President of the U.S. He organized a Nauvoo Legion of 4,006 well-armed troops, donned a glittering uniform, signed himself "Lieut. General Smith," and talked of setting up a new nation...
Britain's Ernest Bevin, chosen president of the conference, was hopeful. "If you're off to a good start, and your wind is right," he said, "you are likely to finish." When he adjourned the first session, Bevin said: "This is the fastest conference I ever attended...
Final decision, even regarding the date, must remain contingent on an interhouse committee meeting Monday night, Fuller emphasized, adding that the personnel has not been completely chosen. As the lone member of the Dunster House Committee in residence during the summer, Fuller became the nucleus of the nebulous body when dance agitation first started there...
...acrimonious week. The last hope of cooperation between the Both Congress and the President seemed to have run out. Harry Truman had already vetoed five bills. Early in the week he had signed the rent-control bill (TIME, July 7), but with gall in the ink: "I have chosen the lesser of two evils . . . this legislation marks a backward step in our efforts to protect tenants against unjustified rent increases. ... It is unthinkable that the Congress would actually take steps to make more difficult or even impossible the efficient administration of the Government's present activities relating to housing...