Word: chosen
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...official color of Y2K. And no one knows why. Surely, the spokesperson for orange didn't bribe the Official Millennial Committee (though I have a feeling that this committee is helmed by the Gap CEO who made orange trendy in the first place). If anyone knows how orange was chosen as the most important color of 1000 years, please drop me a line. I'm sure the world would like to know...
Perhaps if Bochco were the "token" in question, he would feel differently. I'm not an actor, and I don't pretend to understand that craft in particular, but my guess is that just as in any other line of work, actors like to think they've been chosen for their merits, not to offset someone's guilt or cover their bases...
...trip to New York--along with a $1,000 prize--is the payoff for being chosen one of the "top ten college winners of 1999" by the magazine...
...institutional advantages of Vice President Al Gore '69 are clear: he has the trappings of the vice-presidency, a large staff, four years of prime photo-ops, and most importantly, a wealth of superdelegates--unpledged Democratic dignitaries chosen directly by the party. And, unlike other candidates, Gore has enumerated specifics early...
...other big news of the summer came when a new principal was hired at the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (CRLS), the city's only public high school. Paula Evans was chosen in June after a yearlong search to become only the second full-time principal in CRLS's 22-year history...