Word: selection
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Bradshaws . . . and let them go to and among the filthy Chinese; if they get back to the U.S., to how many Communists would they want to grant "Christmas amnesty"? Also her comments about Nixon. Who gives a damn what she thinks? Perhaps it would be well to let Eleanor select the next President. Maybe she would pick Harry Bridges...
...Freedom to select, nominate and elect a candidate to public office is basic to our American political system. Because I deeply believe that every citizen should have the widest possible choice in expressing his own preference in such matters, I would hope that the accident of my illness and the necessary period for determining the degree of my recovery would not have the effect of interfering with the privilege of every member of our party to express his preference for the presidential candidate of his choice...
...Western world? The International Press Institute, financed by the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations, last week reported that out of 40 so-called free countries surveyed, only four-Britain, Sweden, Denmark and Belgium-could boast a press fully free of government restrictions. The I.P.I, surveyors disqualified the U.S. from this select group. Reason: censorship barriers imposed by federal agencies in overclassifying information...
...attempts of the Maroon to regain its seat in the Big Ten. Chicago could schedule teams like Washington University of St. Louis, but the field of big-name midwestern schools playing amateur football is limited. It is not unlikely that Chicago will seek a few billings on the select fall engagement calendars of the Ivy League...
...Summer Long," his most recent play failed on Broadway although the critics and a select audience praised it. He was content to blame himself for the plays inability to "take them from behind their television sets in the Bronx." It just wasn't theatrical enough, Anderson explained, or perhaps, he admitted, failure came from not having a big star and a name director...