Word: chosen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...dominated by conservatives, be revamped to reflect a wider spectrum of theological opinion. The statement also declared that no theologian accused of error should be heard in secret, and that if a hearing is necessary, the case should be decided by a board of experts, half of them chosen by the defendant himself...
...Spectacular of the Week, bumping such attractions as the Jonathan Winters Show and ABC's Wednesday-night movie, was the all-network, prime-time Richard Nixon Show, introducing to the nation the twelve men the President-elect has chosen to head the top Government departments. "The people will know more about their Cabinet than they've ever known before," bragged a Nixon staff member. Their debut was telecast live and in color from Washington's Shoreham Hotel, but not without some fancy logistical footwork: on short notice the Chemical Specialties Manufacturers Association, gathered in annual convention, agreed...
Whether he would have or not, the fact remained that Ted had clearly chosen not to run. The field of candidates would be open to others should he choose not to run again in 1972-he is, after all, the last male Kennedy of his generation, and on him falls the weight of many and great familial burdens. Some of these responsibilities were apparent last week, when Ted flew down to Washington to escort Ethel Kennedy to the hospital and remained until a caesarean operation was completed and mother and daughter-her eleventh child-were doing well. The following morning...
...years Merton had been the most publicly visible Christian contemplative since St. Simeon Stylites took refuge on top of a pillar. Merton's pillar was print, and he had not exactly chosen it for himself. What he had chosen, at the age of 26 and as a new convert to Roman Catholicism, was the silent and anonymous life of the Trappist monks, who rise early, work hard, eat little and pray much. When he entered the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani in Kentucky, however, his abbot decreed that Merton should continue writing-as he had since...
...Columbia, he noted, "Communication between a Board chosen for personal economic eminence, an administration of limited imagination and competence, and the Faculty, students, and community is agreed to have been gravely inadequate...