Word: chosen
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That is putting it in the sociologist's typically unmerry way. But the thought does define one of the cardinal sins of giving; most presents are offered to please not the recipient but the giver. Half the time, the Collected Poems of Ezra Pound are chosen to show that the giver is an intellectual, not because the recipient might actually enjoy them. The situation is happily reversed if it is the recipient who is struggling to prove his intellectual status-then the book becomes a compliment, where Valley of the Dolls would have been an insult. This is particularly...
...other areas, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. The information that someone is a music lover is insufficient. Unless his exact tastes are known, it is fatal to give him a recording (he is bound to have or to hate the Callas version of Tosca you have chosen). One ready but unfortunate way to avoid such pitfalls is the all-purpose gift. And even here, care should be taken; the generally safe basket of gourmet food may play havoc with a dieter...
Bride magazine, the irrepressible friend of would-be newlyweds, has chosen our own Bobby Leo as one of the country's six most eligible bachelors...
Harvard's All-Ivy halfback was chosen because "he represents the Ivy League image," one of the magazine's editors said yesterday...
Captain-elect Don Chiofaro was one of two players selected unanimously to the official All-Ivy League football team announced Sunday. In all, Harvard placed six players, second only to co-champion Dartmouth's seven, on the 24-man squad chosen by the eight League coaches...