Word: chosing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Accompanying coach John Walker to the pastoral Cornell campus in upstate New York were Jamie Greacen, Mike Toal, and two freshmen, Steve Schramm and Craig Gavin. Roger Johanigman chose not to compete...
Although five Crimson divers qualified during the regular season for this competition--which is one of six regional meets designed to winnow out 40 finalists for the national championships later this month--only four chose to make the trip...
...odds-on favorite to succeed the late British Foreign Secretary Anthony Crosland was Chancellor of the Exchequer Denis Healey, 59, who had long wanted the job. Last week Prime Minister James Callaghan instead chose a dark horse: Dr. David Owen, 38, an ambitious, handsome neurologist-turned-politician who has been Crosland's deputy for the past eleven months. Born in Devon to a physician father, Owen developed his socialist convictions while working in National Health Service hospitals, and first won a Parliament seat from Plymouth in 1966. Britain's youngest Foreign Secretary since Anthony Eden was named...
...seven members of the Academy chose Bate and nine other literary figures for the award, which is regarded as the country's highest honor in the field of creative arts. The winners will receive the award...
...Governor Brown chose her to head the agriculture and services agency, making her the first woman cabinet officer in California history. There she pushed through the state's still hotly debated Agricultural Labor Relations Act. On the bench, she is expected to work toward reforms in court procedures. "I've seen her on the firing line, and invariably her judgment is of the highest order," says Brown. "I think she can bring to her role a fundamental quality-wisdom...