Word: chosen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Radcliffe Club of Boston has chosen today's GBCs to simulate the famed English Henley Regatta in a scholarship fundraising affair. Master-mind of the benefit, Virginia Mannick '49, said yesterday, "We hope to raise $5000 in scholarships with about 300 people attending the post-race luncheon...
...position. Since there is a limited number of superstars in a field such as philosophy, this policy necessarily restricts the applicant pool. As a result, philosophy has unfilled positions that are unlikely to be filled in the near future. Every year, the department reportedly sends letters to a few chosen experts inviting them to apply for positions here. And every year, the few experts here receive offers from some of the other top graduate programs around the country. They all think about the offers, they all turn them down, and meanwhile the positions here remain open. As professors reach...
...sciences. Second, during the term of office of all Directors of the AHA and members of the Board of Overseers, these elected representatives of Harvard Alumni in their respective roles should annually publish a report of their activities for the University on our--the alumni's--behalf, as our chosen representatives, to manifest our continued interest in and concern for our University. This is at least one way for meeting what I believe is their accountability to the out constituency who put them in those responsible positions...
...quality that elevates those chosen institutions above their peers is, quite simply, Quality-as denned in a recent issue of W, the biweekly tattler of taste and chic presided ever by John Burr Fairchild. Since it was launched three years ago last week by the graciously gossipy publisher of Women's Wear Daily and seven other trade publications, W has toiled relentlessly to depict, extol and embody that elusive trait. This year alone, W has identified everything from Quality People (Queen Elizabeth, Elliot Richardson, Julia Child, the Due de Brissac, Sir Cecil Beaton and 33 others) to Quality Bread...
...well be edited for a chosen few readers. "There are five or ten people in the world who John considers have perfect taste," says Fairchild Editor Michael Coady. "You'll probably find them in W." Indeed, W watchers note that some names and faces appear with uncommon frequency: "Babe" Paley (wife of CBS Chairman William), the Philippe Rothschilds, the Kissingers, Yves Saint Laurent and Jackie O., who has decorated W's cover six times...