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Word: chosenness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...RIGHT: let's say a few words about the concept of culture heroes. Culture heroes are nothing new; every civilization of which we have record has chosen one or two human figures to elevate to the level of demigods, for the sake of personal identification and glorification. The Greeks had Ulysses; we are blessed with our three lunar loonies. Such people are indispensable; without them there would...

Author: By Andrew G. Klein, | Title: More American Images Richard Farina: Cultural Hero? | 10/25/1969 | See Source »

...before Husak addressed the Skoda workers, their boss, Plant Manager Jan Martinak, lost his job in the purge. He had been chosen before the invasion by one of the workers' councils created under Dubcek's program of partial self-management for industry. The councils are now "under analysis" by the government and are no longer active. Josef Pavel, Interior Minister under Dubcek and a main force behind the reforms, was "suspended" from the Communist Party-one step from expulsion. Ota Sik, architect of last year's economic reforms, was kicked out of the party. His fate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Czechoslovakia: Not Far from Novotný | 10/24/1969 | See Source »

...August, when it first got into the late-night talk show competition, CBS bannered its promotion campaign, "Give the Kid a Break." The kid was Host Merv Griffin, chosen to challenge NBC's champ, Johnny Carson, after clicking on daytime game shows and a syndicated afternoon talk series. By last week, it appeared that the kid was the kind that drooped without daylight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Here's Johnny--Where's Merv? | 10/24/1969 | See Source »

...Michelman '60, professor of Law, said, "I have no reason on the basis of what I learned from others to consider the appointment a distinguished one. When law schools set a professorship, they choose a man for prospective distinction. I think we can expect Supreme Court justices to be chosen in the same...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Law School Faculty Split On Haynsworth Nomination | 10/23/1969 | See Source »

...dialogue is unfortunately incomprehensible in some parts when it competes with the unduly loud musical background. On the other hand, much of the music is well chosen and often, as with one piece by Thelonius Monk, coordinates perfectly with the mood evolved in the film...

Author: By Theodore Sedgwick, | Title: Friends at 2 Divinity Avenue tonight | 10/22/1969 | See Source »

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