Word: chosing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...misfortune that Kiritsis chose to listen to our radio station all the time he was awake. The fact that he did, and the fact that he reacted to what we said, had a devastating impact on all of us. Kiritsis heard one broad cast report and jumped to the conclusion that a bomb squad was assaulting his apartment at that moment. He immediately ordered negotiators out of the building and telephoned the command post. He screamed that he had been betrayed and was going to "blow the place." We thereafter broadcast nothing that had not been cleared through the authorities...
...used to ponder the idea of asking the Red Chinese to talk with him. "I figure that the only way we can ever resolve our problems is if we sit down somewhere together," he mused. "But my diplomats tell me we can't do it now." Richard Nixon chose to ignore that same diplomatic advice. He went to China...
...would lie awake at night, listening to whistles of passing trains and fantasizing about faraway places. This wanderlust, which continued in adulthood, was an outlet for "frustrated sexual desires." Young Nixon was also adept at mashing potatoes without leaving any lumps; Abrahamsen writes that he "chose to release his energy" in this "unusual" way to win his mother's love. The "extent and intensity" of the mashing suggests "aggression" against the potatoes, "a substitute for people...
...Hasty Pudding Theatrical Society last week chose Diane Nabatoff '78 as the first woman co-producer of the group's musical show for next year...
Barry Sloane '77, a co-producer of this year's show, said yesterday the Society chose Lombard and Nabatoff because they are "the two most capable people...