Word: chosenness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...debaters may choose to discuss one of two topics or resolutions per round. The "government" team bases its argument on the resolution chosen, while the opposition team must respond with an impromptu argument...
...students were chosen from many Kiev schoolsfor their social, athletic, and science expertise.They had varied interests, but all were members ofa new Soviet project entitled "Informal Groups...
Burns was first contacted to direct the project about a year ago, when the local government of Mantua asked GSD officials to recommend an architect to work on the reconstruction. Burns was chosen because he is an expert on the architects and building construction of the Italian Renaissance of the 16th century...
Deprived of realistic road maps as to how either candidate would behave in the White House, voters were almost forced to depend on factors of character and personality to predict presidential performance. As they have through much of the campaign, both Bush and Dukakis peppered the debate with carefully chosen code words designed to camouflage their vulnerabilities. Bush, whose privileged background is alien to the life experience of most Americans, kept harping on the word values as he proclaimed that he was in tune with "the heartbeat of the country." For Dukakis, who often seems closer in spirit to Roger...
Israel's increasingly alienated Arabs could net at least 14 seats in parliament if they unified their vote. So far, no one party has been able to capitalize. Many of the 320,000 Arab voters have traditionally chosen Labor, but this year some are looking farther left. Their defection could have a boomerang effect, swelling Likud's plurality at the expense of Labor. Three other leftist parties could account for as many as eight seats in the Knesset. Darawshe's new Arab Democratic Party, which calls for direct negotiations with the P.L.O., could pick up another. But he represents...