Word: chosen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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With Beck out of the way, Hoffa coped with credentials troubles. One group of insurgents had claimed in court that more than half the delegates had been illegally chosen. Hoffa saw to it that the credentials committee, headed by Kansas City Teamster Roy Williams, scratched 139 of the more doubtful delegates, and stamped the rest approved. (Williams' reward for loyal service: promise of chairmanship of the Central States Conference.) This thumping pretense served only to prove Hoffa's confidence of victory. "Are you running scared?" asked a newsman. Snapped Jimmy in a steely voice: "I never run scared...
...decades were Civilization and Its Discontents, a rambling, chatty discourse on everything from man's place in the universe to the fear of losing love, and Moses and Monotheism. Freud was convinced that Moses was no Jew, but a highborn Egyptian who chose the Jews (hence "the chosen people") as the instrument for perpetuating Akhnaton's monotheism, which had just been swept out of Egypt in a religious counterrevolution. Freud, who regarded religion as a "universal obsessional neurosis," was at pains to explain the acceptance of Moses and of his one God in terms of the "father figure...
Aron is the first lecturer to be chosen under the auspices of the Samuel F. and Elizabeth Jodidi Fund. Besides holding professorships at the Lycee de Havre and the University of Toulouse, he has spent much of his time working on newspapers in France...
...resignation of Alfred Friendly, Jr. '59, as vice-President of the Harvard Young Democratic Club led to new elections. Derek Winans '60 was chosen to replace Friendly, who in turn was elected Treasurer. Jay Leary '60, will fill the office of Secretary left Vacant by Winans. Fred Leventhal '60, will serve as Activities Chairman...
Because of the resignation of Allerton J. Cushman, Jr. '58, the Harvard Dramatic Club has elected a new President. Chosen to fill the post was David Green...