Word: chosen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...seized the papal throne by armed force and imprisoned his predecessor Christopher, who had already imprisoned his predecessor Leo V. Sergius then had both Popes strangled in jail. He also fathered an illegitimate son by a 15-year-old heiress named Marozia, who eventually got the debauched son chosen as Pope John XI soon after his 21st birthday. John's nephew, who was even more debauched, duly became John XII when barely...
...movie. To begin with, the movie is the first American film to be produced in conjunction with the People's Republic of China. Second, the movie doesn't really have a plot. And, to cap it all off, about a third of the actors are amateurs who were practically chosen from the streets of China...
...hard labor on a farm outside Peking and 16 years of internal exile in the remote province of Xinjiang, Writer Wang Meng was officially confirmed last week as China's new Minister of Culture. Prior to his appointment, he said he did not want the position but, if chosen, would have to accept...
Just a handful of Vietnamese have chosen to remain in Hawthorne, but tension lingers. "There is nothing racist or slurist about it," insists the sheriff, "but we don't like outsiders telling us who we do like and who we don't." Vo still works as a scraphog under Le's supervision. "I've been in the U.S. for six years, and the first time I came to Hawthorne they put me in jail," says a bewildered Vo. "They have a bad feeling about Vietnamese people here...
While it's fair to say that the presence of a Soviet-backed nation in Central America has made the U.S. a little more nervous and antsy, the way in which Reagan has chosen to handle this threat will only aggravate the problem...