Word: chosen
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...nation's urban centers, eager for a long sought-after promotion at a powerful organization where you work. You have spent many years--perhaps even over a decade--undergoing rigorous training for your position. Of course, so have many others, and only the select few will be chosen as one of this organization's next Men in Black. Luckily (you believe), you have an advantage. You know the place. You know the people. They know you. You put in the time and then some. And most of all, you are fairly certain that you are the best of the best...
Newly elected committee members were elated to hear they were chosen...
Princeton, Harvard's rival in the Eastern Conference, is not likely to send many team members to the NCAAs, so it has chosen to focus on winning the Easterns. The Tigers will have their entire team shaved and tapered...
...mimeographed papers under his arm. The Founders had a horror of direct democracy for this very reason, and the system they devised was meant specifically to calm the passions, quiet the mob and channel its energies, and create a space for sober decision making by people the voters had chosen to make decisions for them...
...ugly orange and green floppy jester hat. For the final round, the top scorer is placed in the "Cylinder of Shush" (sort of like the "Cone of Silence" on "Get Smart") and competes against the clock, with 45 seconds to answer 10 questions from his/her "Savant Category" (pre-chosen by the player during the audition process). At the end of the week, the player with the highest cumulative score is crowned "Grand Savant" and wins the grand prize...