Word: optioned
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While all students who took the test at a center where faulty tests were administered have the option of retaking the exam, Lofftus said, not every premed affected by the mistake should necessarily take the exam again...
Blake joined the team in the fall with the full intention of playing all four years at Harvard, but his exceptional play this year led him to consider the pro option...
...people are living longer would seem to make sense. But an increasing number of Americans are retiring earlier, not later. In fact, 60% of today's Social Security beneficiaries are beginning to collect at 62, accepting reduced benefits to get more years off the job. Only 10% took that option...
Even when such remarks reflect a criticism that I share, I've always tended to say something insulting about the other person's country in return. (This may be the sort of thing the career counselors had in mind when they said the diplomatic corps was not a realistic option for me.) If a Frenchman expresses his inability to understand why Americans eat so much frozen food, I can be counted on to steer the conversation around to the wartime behavior of Vichy France...
...much rather be recalled as the "transformational leader" (his words) who ushered in that majority for a generation. Now that last summer's attempt by House G.O.P. rebels to overthrow him is a distant memory, Gingrich is finding the Speaker's chair a lot more comfortable. "He wants the option of running [for President]," says a close associate. "But what he really wants is to restore his position as leader of the party...