Word: chosen
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...wasn't so pretentious and disgusting, Zed could almost be a parody of dialectic, throwing up (not an idly chosen phrase) contrasts and parallels that intertwine to infinite degrees. Instead, it is a celebration of decay and death...
...choosing North Carolina's fire-breathing conservative Jesse Helms as ranking Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee last week, G.O.P. Senators seemed to agree. At 65, Helms is hardly in his dotage. But were it not for his seniority, his colleagues almost certainly would have chosen Indiana's Richard Lugar, 54, a moderate in foreign affairs. Lugar ably chaired the committee when Republicans controlled the Senate (Helms then headed the Agriculture Committee). But this session Helms sought to reclaim the ranking spot on Foreign Relations, from which he could wage a crusade against any signs of State Department moderation...
However, WNEV-TV, Channel 7, CBS' Boston affiliate has chosen to air only spots taped by Boston-area people...
...considered a brilliant editor, held in high esteem by authors as disparate as Joseph Heller and Doris Lessing, as well as by a number of New Yorker writers who are published by Knopf. The shabby manner in which Shawn was treated and the fact that an outsider was chosen over his objection infuriated staffers. "There was an appearance of violence and crudity about what Newhouse did," complained a longtime New Yorker editor...
...earlier than usual. Twelve Southern and Border states, trying to increase their influence on the parties, will hold primaries on March 8 of next year. This has led some other states to move up their dates as well. By March 15 nearly half the delegates will probably have been chosen. No one knows whether this front-loaded calendar will make for early decisions or whether the large fields will fragment the results until later in the game. The presence of two Baptist ministers -- Jesse Jackson on the Democratic left and Pat Robertson on the Republican right -- also casts conventional scenarios...