Word: chosen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...jive." Cher proves that at least one American dream lives: she gives evidence that show biz can still reach out among the adolescent millions and-with a little luck and a lot of hype-transform a mildly talented young woman into a hot, multimillion-dollar property. And that the chosen one gets to have inch-long fingernails for a trademark, if she wants...
...pressure in the line is normal, allowing only mass movement but short of crushing the individuals within it. The individual petitions are the usual: one person is asking for a job change, another fot increased protein allowance, yet another wants her grandson, who is among 400 New Haven children chosen to learn to read, to learn instead some "useful" skill. Sam's petition, since it involves the most basic Acceptance, is a threat to these people's notions of security. There is a wave of anger at his impudence, a chant of "get but of the line." Sam almost acquiesces...
...amendment proposes that non-student Coop directors be chosen by the stockholders to become board members automatically, instead of the present system where non-student Coop members can petition for nomination to the board...
...recommends a diet that eliminates those foods she believes will leave behind the "toxic wastes" that contribute to cellulite. The low-salt diet includes raw vegetables and fruit, skim milk, lean meats, poultry and fish. It also includes plenty of water to help flush out the system and foods chosen to assist the kidneys and digestive tract in the elimination of wastes. In addition, Ronsard recommends deep breathing, exercises such as jogging and gymnastics, massage to break up cellulite deposits, and relaxing to relieve tension...
This new version of Sanditon offers one solution. The original fragment has been completed by "Another Lady,"* her anonymity coyly echoing the signature ("by a lady") on Austen's first novel, Sense and Sensibility. Austen, this Other Lady suggests, might have chosen to follow Charlotte Heywood, a shrewd country girl on a visit to Sanditon. Charlotte falls in love with a fellow from London named Sidney Parker and, after a minuet of polite rivalries, surreptitious coach journeys and misdirected letters, happily snares and is snared by him. In other words, most of the complexity, satire and social implications suggested...