Word: choses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...chose to, the Queen, now 59, could abdicate at any time in favor of her 37-year-old son. But the only time in English history that any such parent-child transfer occurred was under duress: in 1327 rebellious nobles compelled the effete Edward II to hand on his crown to his young son, who became Edward III. The four other English abdications were also under pressure. Richard II and Henry VI were forced out by political rivals during the Wars of the Roses; James II was expelled in 1688 because he had converted to Roman Catholicism; and Edward VIII...
...place to be. No what-was-your-first-choice types here. Brownies all say that they got into Harvard and Yale, but chose instead the healthy, holistic atmosphere of peaceful Providence...
...stranger who sojourns with you shall be to you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself." The concept of asylum flourished in the Middle Ages, when churches and monasteries sheltered most criminals from their pursuers for up to 40 days, until the fugitive chose either exile or surrender to civil authority. The 19th century U.S. underground railroad, which smuggled slaves from the South to safety, could be regarded as a unique American application of the biblical injunction. Sanctuary supporters also believe that their actions are justified by the 1980 U.S. Refugee Act, which declares that...
...rode a scow downriver for three days, pushing through the ice jams. They came upon the thieves' camp and captured them without a fight. A practical man would have obeyed the custom of the territory and hanged the three right there. Some Dakotans were mystified by the course Roosevelt chose. He struggled on for ten more days, downriver and cross- country in brutal cold, standing guard through the nights, until he found a sheriff. He handed his prisoners over to the law. Much exertion over a rowboat. Much exertion, even manic bravado, in behalf of the idea of justice...
...rules or procedures have been violated, we believe, as a matter of principle, that neither the Center for Middle Eastern Studies nor anyone who might be seen as acting in its name should either solicit or accept funds from the CIA or any other intelligence agency. If individual scholars chose to work for an intelligence agency, that is their prerogative, but the Center as an institution should not be associated in any way with any such agency...