Word: chosing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...whatever reason, my own personal class circus was short-lived this year, and so I thought that the price I normally pay for my Olympic shopping--being hopelessly behind in reading by study-card day--could be avoided. Yet the courses I chose have not panned out that way at all; in fact, a number of the introductory lectures had chapters and articles assigned for them. No matter how early I knew my classes, the reading would still be there...
...Chudnovsky chose not to go professional, but he has not given up all of his chess ambitions. He hopes to qualify for the U.S. Junior Invitational next year...
...cleared corner, Yale sent a long ball from the sideline into the box, where a forward, who was unmarked, chose to play a weak header instead of putting the ball on the ground. That allowed Gunther to make the save and preserve the 1-0 lead...
...that Camille managed to grow so powerful? One reason, says Emanuel, is the path that Camille chose. She (in those days all hurricanes were of the feminine persuasion) faithfully followed the meanderings of the "loop current," a tributary of the Gulf Stream. It wasn't that the loop current was any warmer than the surrounding water at the surface, notes Emanuel, but its warmth went much deeper. Result: Camille's winds stirred up warm water as opposed to cold, and thus retained their strength...
ROLL IT OVER! Last year 57% of job-hoppers chose to cash out their 401(k)s rather than roll the balance over to a new account, according to a Hewitt Associates study. That's a mistake, even if the balance seems too insignificant to roll. Federal and state taxes, plus a 10% penalty for withdrawing funds before age 59 1/2, can eat up nearly half of a $10,000 distribution. But if a 30-year-old rolls that money over and cashes out at age 60, the account would total some $97,000 before taxes, and the worker would...