Word: chosing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...yesterday's practice. All of last year's lacrosse lettermen had to vote by mail for another captain because the captain elected at the end of last year did not return to school this fall and a University rule for all sports requires that last year's lettermen chose this year's captains. The final vote was received yesterday making Lewis' election official...
...artist does not include something from contemporary life, it is like leaving out the meat and potatoes. Their career in contemporary music got its impetus from the fact that they are of Armenian descent. While still a student at Juilliard, in 1942, Maro had to prepare a concerto and chose Aram Khachaturian's now-famed Piano Concerto ("because he was an Armenian"), gave it its U.S. premiere. The concerto was an instant hit and Maro took it on a cross-country tour. Says she: "At that time, Khachaturian seemed very modern; now, of course, he is considered little more...
...chose C in both instances, you are an incurable wag and don't deserve success or popularity anyway. Mr. Davis is very firm about humor. You are to write down all jokes and then "brush up on your humor just before you want to use it. This technique is used by some of the most successful salesmen." Of course, that's what Jim used to do, and how far did it get him? Come to think of it. I'll bet Davis isn't so darned good looking. Fat from all those dinners...
...leadership, and the public began showing its irritation with the remnants of U.S. occupation and those who cooperated with it. All that was then necessary was a shrewd deal across the game tables. Overnight last fall, a chunk of the Liberals broke off, styled themselves the Democrats, and chose Ichiro Hatoyama as their leader. Another convenient arrangement with the Yoshida-hating Socialists knocked the Premier out and brought Hatoyama...
...University chose McCurdy to assist famed Jaakko Mikkola, whom he recalls as being "a great gentleman whose passion was track." When Mikkola died in 1952, the year he was to retire, the University made an understandable choice, naming his colleague and good friend Bill McCurdy head track coach...