Word: chosen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...aesthetic and ichthyological achievement of Blues should not be minimized. John Hersey, previously noted for elaborations of such historic themes as World War II (A Bell for Adano), the Holocaust (The Wall) and the atom bomb (Hiroshima), has chosen the dialogue form for what seems a lighter topic: the pursuit of bluefish off Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts. But as the book's insatiably curious Stranger talks informally with the knowledgeable Fisherman, a cascade of lore and documents, poetry and tragedy is netted along with the glistening quarry...
Suppressing the debate, however, would have consequences stretching well beyond the Games. Chun's seven-year term of office ends next February, and he has repeatedly said he will step down at that time. But under South Korea's present voting machinery, his successor would be chosen by a large electoral college, a system that favors the ruling Democratic Justice Party, which is dominated by the military. Without a change in the system before the next election, the opposition would have no hope of reaching power...
Keep you eye on the new committee the Overseers have appointed to examine how the Board is chosen. If the pro-divestment petition candidates do well this year, despite these manuevers to manipulate the vote outcome, you can be we'll see all kinds of recommendations aimed at making such challenges to traditional power at Harvard somewhere between difficult and impossible. Chester W. Hartman...
Ishtar is an enjoyable farce. Without the enormous price tag, it would be a great little unpretentious comedy. Had May chosen to concentrate on the Beatty-Hoffman chemistry and eliminated some of the contrived plot, the movie would have been less frantic. And cheaper. It shouldn't cost so much to make us laugh...
...political organization will choose its final endorsees in the comming weeks, said Jim Marzilli, executive director of the CCA. Candidates will only be chosen if their policies agree with the CCA platform, Marzilli said...