Word: choses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...moment, Uncle Earl chose not to respond to Nephew Russell's heresy. But, barred by law from succeeding himself as governor, he was toying with the idea of running for lieutenant governor and towing a governor of his own choice on his coattails. Besides, he said, being lieutenant governor is "the best job in the state. He can go hunting or fishing any time he wants to. He gets $7,500 a year, a house to live in, an expense account equal to the governor's-and groceries...
...deliberately chose the United Nations way. By another act of choice, we could choose to go it alone. But we'd better count the cost, and choose with our eyes open, not in a blindness of irritation because not every country in the free world always agrees with every one of our policies. Countries do differ, as men and women sometimes do. Differences do not mean divorce, when the great ends of policy are still held in common...
...Installed Surgeon John Wesley Cline of San Francisco as A.M.A. president, and chose Heart Specialist Louis Hopewell Bauer of Hempstead, N.Y. as president elect for next year...
...same time, the Yale team chose batting ace Eddie McHugh to lead the 1952 squad...
...Devil Theory. The roadblocks stayed put. A proud Japan chose to make war; a confused China floundered into the hands of the Communist undertakers. "In each country the United States set out to preach a doctrine of peace, freedom, and plenty; yet in each country it left a gospel of might, efficiency, organization, violence, and face." Stung by the unexpected, many Americans invoked the "devil" theory of history, i.e., villains sabotaged Uncle Sam's good intentions. Reading between the headlines, Maurer sees instead the serene profiles of two old Chinese sages of the 6th Century B.C., whom the West...