Word: chosen
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...pollutants, first went looking for government work in the last weeks of the Bush Administration. His technology, which neutralizes toxic detritus in a vat of iron heated to 3,000[degrees] F, seemed like a promising solution for the Energy Department's nuclear mess. So Molten Metal was chosen as one of 18 firms to obtain research grants. But even then there were some skeptical voices: Energy Department consultants warned in 1992 that Haney's process offered "no significant advantage" to "justify its preferred development" over rivals...
...truth is that this team would have been chosen even if it had lost its NCAA play-in series to Patriot League-champion Army and not gotten the chance to tally two victories in the tournament. The story of Harvard baseball this season begins, ends and middles with the Princeton Tigers...
Provost Albert Carnesale was chosen by the University of California Regents to head its Los Angeles (UCLA) campus. Only 28 days after Carnesale's appointment, President Neil L. Rudenstine named Dean of the School of Public Health Harvey V. Fineberg '67 to the University's number two position...
...male colleague, as well as a 1995 reprimand by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs for unfair employment practices at Texaco's Houston facility. The company's shareholders have had ample time to realize that there is something shady about Texaco's practices, yet they have chosen to do nothing. Divestment is never a decision to be made lightly, but the evidence has become overwhelming that Texaco is malignant in its actions. We need to send a clear message that its blatant prejudice and social irresponsibility will not go unnoticed. Harvard is in a prime position to take...
...concentrations have shifted or eliminated requirements, encouraged more study with other disciplines and introduced specialized tracks--steps which most Faculty members say give students more flexibility within their chosen fields than ever...