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Word: chosen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...black comedy, a Pulitzer prize nominee, is the latest in an Institute of Politics Student Advisory Committee (SAC) annual series of issue-related productions. The play was chosen for its relevance to the issue of disability as well as for its artistic merit said Dan Berger '89, the play's executive producer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Short Takes | 11/18/1988 | See Source »

...backing off from challenging the union in court, Harvard has wisely chosen to leave disputes with the workers to the bargaining table. While none of the workers' grievances have been addressed yet, at least they can be discussed in a more even-handed process...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Free at Last | 11/16/1988 | See Source »

...done this because the Fly has the closest ties with Harvard which makes legal action easier, but stopping one club on the basis of association with Harvard does not stop the others. My second problem is with the acronym for Stop Withholding Access Today. "SWAT" seems to have been chosen for the Fly, "SWAT the Spee" is nonsensical. The acronym also implies destruction of the clubs. While some people may want this, I think there is very little legal grounds for abolishing The Fly Club, about as much as there is for abolishing the Nazi party...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SWAT Rally | 11/14/1988 | See Source »

...fact, papers that wavered on Bush frequently cited Quayle as a reason. Some pro-Bush papers seemed to be endorsing the Reagan era more than embracing Bush himself. Said the Chicago Tribune: "All things considered, the Reagan legacy passing into the hands of a chosen and experienced heir looks like a better deal for the country than whatever new deal Governor Dukakis is trying to cook up." Of the 772 papers polled by E&P, 241 were for Bush, 103 for Dukakis and 428 on the fence. But while Dukakis drew more endorsements than Walter Mondale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: To Endorse or Not | 11/14/1988 | See Source »

...heir to Reagan may have in any case embraced the President's read- my-lips gospel on taxes, but the unyielding fervor of the Vice President's position was shaped by his need to placate the right wing of his party. Similarly, no matter how Dukakis had chosen to position himself on the spectrum, it was probably inevitable that Bush would have gravitated to divisive issues like the Pledge of Allegiance. Still, the overheated liberal atmosphere of Iowa certainly made Bush's task easier, if no more palatable. It was, after all, in Iowa that Dukakis boasted that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why It Was So Sour | 11/14/1988 | See Source »

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