Word: choses
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Faced with the unpleasant choice between acquiescing to ethnic cleansing and paying in American blood to stop it, Bill Clinton characteristically chose "neither"--and characteristically seems to have lucked out. No doubt this is annoying to political opponents and unfriendly commentators who thought they had him in a checkmate. In their annoyance, the critics should at least keep in mind that their country lucked...
...WHAT HE SAYS NOW] "I made a mistake when I chose to set a limit...The only people who don't change their minds are in cemeteries and insane asylums...
Another problem calls for making a weight-bearing, balsa-wood structure that's as light as possible. The problem that John's team chose called for not only a Shakespearean flavor but also a historical event, a technical element and a humorous character. Oh, and did I mention the song, with original music and lyrics...
Indeed, you could say Kasparov is experimenting on us. The idea of playing a match in cyberspace was his, and the grand master has carefully controlled the setup from start to finish. He chose the game's host--Microsoft--for its software and marketing muscle. He insisted on up-and-coming chess prodigies to lead the world team--rather than more famous rivals like Anatoly Karpov or Nigel Short--so it wouldn't become a grudge match. And he set the 24-hr. gap between moves to ensure an antiseptic game, with none of the silly blunders...
...precious few transition points in our lives where it really is possible to refashion our identities, and I was intent on taking advantage of it. No one from my high school was going to Harvard, and no one had for several years, which was one of the reasons I chose to come here. I wanted an environment where no one would have expectations of me influenced by what they knew of my old self from high school. I wanted to start from scratch...