Word: selecter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Undergraduate Council recommended last month that any student interested in serving be able to submit his name to his house committee or Freshman Council, which would then conduct lotteries to narrow down the field of candidates. A final lottery would then be held to select the actual student members of the body...
...Republicans are busily scouting for a site of their own. But their no- nonsense 21-person team has already narrowed the list to Atlanta, New Orleans and Kansas City. (The Republicans will announce their choice first, and the city they select will be obliged to withdraw its offer to the Democrats.) With spouses and party hangers-on, the Democratic delegation often swells to considerably more than 100. Deficit-ridden New Orleans had to ask the Democrats to delay their visit because it could not scrape together the funds to provide the necessary lavish entertainment for the Democratic horde. "Twenty Republicans...
...made a powerful impression. "Yes, they can," he said, "in the same way they can understand abstractions connected with Marcos, because he personifies evil and suffering." Then, asked Cory, "how do you personify truth, justice and freedom?" The priest was unequivocal: "You must be certain that the person you select is very different from Marcos. Then it will be easy." There it was -- the idea given flesh in a way that Aquino intuitively understood and could translate to the Filipino electorate. By the end of the meal, she knew what she would...
...Senate and House also picked the members of separate select committees that will launch Iranscam investigations when Congress convenes next month. The eleven members chosen for the Senate panel are generally cautious, low- keyed and relatively conservative. All have a background in law. The chairman: Democrat Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, who served on the Senate Watergate panel 13 years ago. The ranking Republican is Warren Rudman, a former New Hampshire attorney general and one of the Senate's most independent-minded members. The 15-member House committee will be chaired by Hamilton, with Richard Cheney of Wyoming, White House chief...
...also court his girlfriend Mary. "I miss her all the time, but I can't help being away," he said. "I have to work." Nervous about what to buy her for Christmas, he promised to take her to the nearest town, more than 40 miles away, and let her select a gift...