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Word: chosen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first, that they do not paint a rosy picture of the situation in South Africa, and secondly, there is considerable variance, apparent variance, in the level of efforts the companies are devoting to, particularly, employment policies. There are a number of companies in that set which have chosen not to respond to requests for information, and we are going to recommend that they be requested in forcefully worded requests to provide that information to us; we have also suggested that it may not be inappropriate--well, this is again not Corporation policy--to ask for that information in the form...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Faculty Debate | 3/15/1979 | See Source »

Mason, a Lowell House resident majoring in East Asian Studies, said he was "honored and proud to be chosen a captain." The Baltimore native wrestled in the 158-1b weight class this season...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Grapplers Elect Co-Captains for '79-80 | 3/14/1979 | See Source »

...sharp turnaround from their earlier revolutionary actions. Toai in particular is bitter about the failure of the NLF ideals, and blames the Hanoi regime for co-opting the NLF and radicalizing its more moderate platform. He says he refused to serve on the NLF Finance Committee because he was chosen to draw up a plan to confiscate all private property in Vietnam, not an original NLF proposal. The idealistic people in the NLF sought to rely upon the power of Hanoi to overthrow the Saigon government, but once the objective was realized the Communists in Hanoi had no need...

Author: By Susan D. Chira, | Title: Tales From the 'Vietnamese Gulag' | 3/13/1979 | See Source »

...nuptial blessing. Later in the week, the Pope tuned in the state-owned second radio network to catch the premiere broadcast of The Goldsmith's Shop, a play in verse by Polish Dramatist Andrzej Jawien. That, it turned out, was the nom de plume John Paul had chosen in 1960, when as auxiliary bishop of Cracow he wrote the heavily symbolic study of three marriages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Mar. 12, 1979 | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

Chaired by Harvard Law professor James Vorenberg '49, the commission consists of three gubernatorial appointees, one selection of the attorney general and a fifth member chosen by the secretary of state. Currently, one Independent, two Democrats, and two Republicans hold commission seats. Despite its non-partisan composition, however, many state officials still view the commission with a mixture of fear and distrust. "Some people here perceive us as a horror story imposed on the legislature," David Brickman, commission member, explained recently. "But we are not a band of J. Edgar Hoover Jr.'s and we will do our job professionally...

Author: By Thomas H. Green, | Title: ETHICS: An End to The Old Politick | 3/8/1979 | See Source »

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