Word: choses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...also blamed the court system for ignoring evidence in his defense and said he decided against making public statements about the case because of concern for his daughter and the "sympathy factor" he perceived for his ex-wife, who chose to be imprisoned in March rather than divulge Nicole's location...
Among the issues the poster lists are a "petition for a new academic calendar" and "easy access to university policy, esp. financial." Chedaya said she chose to emphasize issues rather than try to entertain potential voters because she "believe[s] in the intelligence of the Harvard University students...
Ruiz said that two deliberately chose a frivolous approach for their mutual campaign. "It's a joke, it's fun. We don't want to bore [the voters]," Ruiz said...
Sagdeyev was already embarked on another project, one that could have ended his career. Called Vega, the mission was designed to approach and study Halley's comet. Sagdeyev chose to build Vega around the proven, off-the-shelf technology of the Venera probes. But he wanted the scientific instruments to be custom designed, even though the expertise was not available within the U.S.S.R. So he recruited scientists from nine countries, including the U.S., to join the project. That was unheard-of in security-conscious Soviet space circles. Recalls Sagdeyev: "Sometimes my opponents, in order to take over, were almost ready...
...reason to be hopeful. The Red Sox won the American League Championship last year and were one measly strike away from winning the World Series. One strike. At an early game this year, the Fenway Park crowd chose instead to remember the play-offs, in particular the fifth game in which centerfielder Dave Henderson hit a two-strike, two-out home run to steal the series from the California Angels. The bleachers rocked with chants of "Game Number 5!" until Henderson smiled and doffed...