Word: chosen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...start, there were quarrels over divisions of responsibility. School-board officers feared that the committee had been taken over by Black Power advocates. White teachers balked at accepting the local group's authority and refused to attend meetings. The committee's appointment of four principals, who were chosen without regard to civil service rankings, was struck down by the state Supreme Court. By late spring, 70 teachers and 18 assistant principals, all white, had applied for transfers out of the district...
...theater. With measured tread, the Sacred College advances down the two long aisles in a swirl of scarlet and incense. As the cardinals reach the stage, they pause before the bishop and the priest: "Wilt thou accept pontificality?" Rolfe turns to kneel to his bishop, so unexpectedly chosen, only to find that the prelate is already kneeling to him. "Wilt thou accept pontificality?" The bishop whispers: "The answer is 'Volo' or 'Nolo.' " For an instant, terrified gratification flashes across Rolfe's face. Then the thin shoulders square: "Volo...
...have said, SIMS doesn't much push its opinions on anyone. Still the much emulated Maharishi has chosen at times to make his political views public, and his influence here can only be baneful...
...Harriman, in an opening statement that was edited by Defense Secretary Clark Clifford at the request of the President, noted that all U.S. bombing would stop "if our restraint is matched by restraint on the other side." But, he added, "we cannot conceal our concern that your government has chosen to move substantial and increasing numbers of troops and supplies from the North to the South...
Union members and officers were chosen earlier this Spring. Miss Batts said they would work over the summer to set up assorted committees and make plans for the Fall...