Word: chosen
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Ault is one of three Government employees who were chosen as beneficiaries of a demonstration program in which workers can donate time off to colleagues who have lengthy illnesses or who need to stay home to care for stricken relatives. Last week Congress held hearings to discuss expanding the program. Its success so far may inspire businesses to try out the novel charity, which would impart a new meaning to the phrase "I gave at the office...
...coverage of college life. That routine changed in June when she began her summer internship at TIME's New York City editorial offices. Before she knew it, Just was on the telephone with Government and business sources, gathering reactions to the selection of Alan Greenspan, who, as the newly chosen chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, was the magazine's cover subject...
Interns are chosen by TIME editors from among hundreds of applicants put forward by colleges. Their credentials are impressive. Intern Stephanie Thomas, 21, of Barnard College, has visited Turkey nine times. She wound up writing in the World section. Marta Lavandier, 23, studies photojournalism at the Rochester Institute of Technology. She became a picture researcher. Lisa Kazmier, 21, of Northwestern University, has worked for two daily newspapers. Her task: writing in the Milestones section...
Contra's manufacturer, Illinois-based Konami, insists that the name was chosen last October, long before the Iran-contra affair hit the headlines, and that the game's success is based mainly on its exciting electronic action. But it certainly does not hurt sales to have the name of the game mentioned on TV dozens of times...
...research, resources and speed. While individuals control nearly two-thirds of all stocks, or about $2 trillion worth, institutional investors turn over the remaining third at such a rapid pace that they account for 80% of all stock transactions. Private investors are much more likely to sit tight with chosen stocks. But the more active individuals are finding their own tools and tricks. They now cut the cost of commissions by ordering through discount brokers, follow obscure companies through a growing number of newsletters, keep their holdings in convenient cash-management accounts and even get stock quotations through hand-held...