Word: choses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...chose the two most dangerous men in the world...
...warning was accidentally sent out by two Harrisburg AT&T technicians who were installing new emergency teletype equipment. Most county officials chose not to broadcast the message before they could confirm it. Even in alerted Allentown, Lehigh County's largest city, most residents took the sirens, some dating back to World War II, for fire alarms. Said one practical-minded Pennsylvanian: "An alarm system really wouldn't matter if there was a nuclear war anyway...
...eventually chose Harvard over Princeton, convinced by the coach that he would play varsity his freshman year. But about 30 other guys had the same idea. I stopped playing ball to comp Crimson, so after the first week of playing at the gym with Duncan. I only saw him in the Freshman Union. We were at different ends of Harvard Yard...
...moment, however, it was business as usual in Moscow. To the surprise of Western diplomats, Andropov chose not to intensify the war of words with Washington in his address to the Central Committee. Instead he focused on the problem-ridden Soviet economy. Citing improved industrial production, which grew by 4% last year, compared with 2.8% in 1982, he affirmed that "a change for the better" was under way in the national economy. "The most important thing," wrote Andropov, "is not to lose the tempo and the general positive intent to get things going...
...agreed that "we have to weaken the Soviet economy and their military power even at the risk of nuclear war." Now only 46% agree with that statement. When asked what are the important goals for the nation, 67% picked "reducing the risk of nuclear war," more than chose any other goal...