Word: chosen
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...staff members argue independently but with one voice that "a new cynicism has arisen," threatening belief, humanity, civilization and patriotism. The writers of Peninsula deserve praise for their industriousness as well as their moral seriousness, if not for their accuracy and understanding. They have chosen a subject that is simply too large to get a hold of, and in doing so, they have cheapened many of the causes they had hoped to champion...
...watched and uniformly accepted as investment gospel. Not only is it a public embarrassment to be singled out (Time Warner, this magazine's owner, was a target in 1992 and 1993), but people are making decisions based on the list. Kayla Gillan, general counsel at CalPERS, says Reebok was chosen last summer--before its recent stock surge. C'mon, there's no excuse for not having the flexibility to adjust this list to the market. Money managers do that every day, don't they...
Myra A. Mayman, director of OFA, said Raitt was chosen on the basis of her musical success by a committee which Mayman heads...
They are instead chosen: 1) because their adviser is teaching the class; 2) because their dissertation topic could be a marginal footnote in the course being taught; 3) because they asked first. This slipshod method of choosing teaching fellows benefits only their pocketbooks and certainly not the students they teach...
Committee co-chair Joseph A. Sena '99, who is a Crimson executive, explained his vote against polling, saying that some of the chosen acts could be unavailable for Springfest's April 26 date, or cost above the $9,000 price ceiling set by the council on Monday...