Word: chosing
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Tell me about the name "Girl Talk." I was coming from the more avant garde world and when I chose it, I clearly wasn't trying to figure out a game plan for a 10-year project that I would eventually live off of. Back then, I was almost using pop music as an act of rebellion, especially being part of the experimental-music community. I thought a lot of those people were recycling a lot of ideas, like playing noise and feedback and having some name like X_R2. So I kind of picked the name Girl Talk because...
...years ago, a group of rebellious men in wigs and high heels signed a piece of parchment boldly declaring their freedom from the tyranny of King George III, thus giving birth to the United States of America. Today the descendants of those men (most of whom would probably chose George III over our current George W.) commemorate this event with backyard barbeques, beer and blowing things up. Revelry on “the glorious Fourth” can reach such epic proportions that the following day, July 5th, becomes entirely devoted to recovery, turning it into one of the most...
...members of the committee that chose the readings for this past Freshman Orientation week, we fully understand that the process, however hard the committee members worked, is imperfect. Therefore, we appreciate constructive criticism that gives useful insight into how we may better discuss these issues. Unfortunately, in “Black Mischief,” (op-ed, Oct. 15) Roger Waite does not take this opportunity to constructively engage in a healthy debate; instead, he misses any opportunity to do so by flinging personal attacks and out-of-context quotes in light of a clearly undeveloped and unguided thesis...
Over the past two months since John McCain chose Sarah Palin as his running mate, the Alaska Governor has become a web phenomenon, generating torrents of YouTube hype and interactive web applications from the Sarah Palin Baby Name Generator to the latest: PalinAsPresident. It's a picture of the self-professed Caribou Barbie behind a cluttered desk in the Oval Office; its contents - from a ringing red telephone to a closet full of "secrets" - animate when clicked...
...Finally, Powell chose to make his statement on NBC's venerable show Meet the Press, where he could be guaranteed both a large audience and uninterrupted time to make the kind of remarks he had spent hours preparing...