Word: chosen
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Watson was chosen for the Cambridge job from a group of 160 applicants, narrowed to 11 semi-finalists and five finalists. He is the second police commissioner to come from outside of Cambridge, following Perry Anderson, who left the post...
Finally, we all found each other and managed to get a spot on the sidewalk in front of the Capitol. We'd chosen the spot so that we could hear the music, both the concert before the fireworks and the music that accompanies them. The Mall show is famous for the 1812 Overture with real cannons...
...fact, a decade of exertions has not won a single Justice to Scalia's originalist point of view; his only dependable ally is Clarence Thomas, who shared his philosophy in the first place. On the nine-seat court, Scalia is one of seven Justices chosen by Republican Presidents. Yet "he has this view of himself as embattled," observes Yale law professor Robert Burt, "always fighting the desperate fight...
...favorite, even over Cuba, the gold-medal winner in Barcelona. For one thing, coach Skip Bertman's squad is largely intact from the team that beat Cuba in four straight exhibitions last year. For another, Cuba seems to have chosen players less for their ability than for their likelihood to defect. The U.S. stars could be starter Kris Benson and outfielder Mark Kotsay...
...shot. His work was so striking that he was dispatched to cover the Penn Relays and other pre-Olympic events in the same style, and the resulting essay echoes the historic photographs that open the magazine. (For the record, two of Burnett's photos from earlier Games were also chosen for the opening picture...