Word: chosen
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...there is hope. Each of the writers has been chosen for this collection, and each of their stories is, on some level, a success story by virtue of that selection. While not every story has a happy ending or even a resolution, each one points to a struggle to keep writing, a decision not to give up. New York, therefore, becomes through the essays a city of hope that overcomes loneliness; Caitlin Cheevy, looking down at her newborn baby, writes: "Never have I felt a sweeter love." Her emotion redeems her city and breaks through the detachment of New York...
Powerball, the brainchild of physicist Ed Stanek, began in 1992 as a way for relatively less populous states to gain access to large money-generating player bases. The game works this way: to win the jackpot, players must match five numbers, chosen from 1 to 49, and hit the Powerball, chosen from numbers 1 to 42. Matching all but the Powerball yields a $100,000 prize. Matching the Powerball number itself, but no other numbers, wins $3. Players can opt to chose their own numbers or purchase "quick pick" tickets with computer-generated selections. The Lucky 13 always went...
...often useless against violently estranged boyfriends, lovers and husbands. The fact that Mary's stalkers are just a bunch of idiots, each more pathetic than the other, ends the movie with a sigh of relief and burst of laughter. But what if Mary's crazed ex-boyfriend had chosen to harm her or kill her instead of just acting like a moron? That is a serious question that we should all think about. The movie ends well, but sadly, in reality, so many other stalker cases...
...employees might have chosen to become strippers, and in that sense they are upholding a lot of what the women's movement fought for. We've come such a long way, baby, that we can get naked if we want...
...audiences haven't chosen to see much of Hartley. Each of his first six features (two of which are compilations of short films) has earned less than $1 million at the North American box office. His wonderfully intransigent pictures--neither chipper enough to appeal to the indie-film date crowd nor exotic enough to qualify as critical cult objects--survive on funding from Britain, Japan and Germany, where they are art-house staples. If not for this offshore financing, Hartley, 38, might be working as a radio repairman or a garbageman--jobs that keep his heroes occupied when they aren...