Word: chosing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...varsity lightweights continued their undefeated streak at they handily defeated two Rutgers boats by approximately 15 seconds. The race was never chose, as the Black and White jumped to an early lead and finished the race over two-and-one-half boat lengths ahead of Rutgers...
Nevertheless, sponsors of a U.S. -Soviet nuclear freeze initiative in California chose Ground Zero Week to file 750,000 petition signatures, more than twice the number necessary to put the proposal on November's ballot. The measure would require the Governor to call on the President and Congress to propose to the Soviets a mutual halt to all nuclear arms development. According to a new survey, if the election were held now, California voters would approve the freeze by a 2-to-l victory...
After announcing a competition in Pionerskaya Pravda, the Soviet equivalent of the Scout newspaper, Govorukhin received up to 400 letters a day. From a pool of several thousand, he chose an unknown ten-year-old for the part of Gekel-berry (the Russian pronunciation of Huckleberry) and a professional child actor to play the wily Tom Sawyer...
Paired against Terrier Trevor Garrick in the 400. Garrick and Jones shared the lead throughout the race until Garrick spurted into the lead in the last turn and finished with a new meet record of 46.79. Jones took a chose second, establishing a new University mark...
...October 6, 1973, Nasser's successor, Anwar el-Sadat, chose Yom Kippur, Israel's holiest day of the year for a surprise attack. The United States was also preoccupied with Watergate. After teetering on the brink of defeat. Israel managed to beat back the attack and Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger '50 managed to negotiate a disengagement agreement using exhaustive shuttle diplomacy...