Word: chosen
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this brings us to the problem of what to do after he has been elected. We have just chosen someone with poor ethics to lead the country. And then we all mourn the loss of character in Washington. Somehow, we think that the position of president will imbue those who rise to it with all the moral character they need but didn't have before the election. It is a never-ending cycle: Americans do not rate character high enough to base their vote on it alone and then are disappointed by the corruption of government...
...minds and to affect the way they think and act, but when I'm made the subject of the conversation, it becomes much more difficult," Gomes said. "If I wanted to be a celebrity, there are easier ways for me to do that than the ways that I have chosen...
...rumored to be so reclusive that he doesn't even have a telephone, has decided to fuel the curiosity of crazy folks like me by publishing his first book in decades. She won't tell me why Salinger has decided to publish it, why the publisher chosen was Orchises Press, or even if Salinger is still writing. And she stresses the fact that the book isn't a sure thing. The deal "hasn't been penned yet." Still, she tells me that she is in frequent contact with him and that "he is well...
...while last week the candidate sounded like someone who had chosen Death with Dignity, who wanted, before leaving public life, to erase his public image as a growling hatchet man and put on display for the history books the kind of senatorial courtesy he has been known for in his 35 years on Capitol Hill. Asked by Koppel whether he'd rather "lose as a gentleman or win rough," Dole replied, "Well, I'd like to win, but there are certain limits. I can't see myself getting into the mud here in the last three weeks...Whatever happens...
...woman chosen Miss Italy should have Italian roots, Italian patterns; simply to be an Italian citizen is not enough [PEOPLE, Sept. 23]. It's not a matter of skin color; she has to be Italian through and through, and not just on paper. What has happened here is reverse racism, against Italian folks who have few rights in their own country. CHRISTINA RAVENE Aulla, Italy...