Word: chosen
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...receiving this email, it is to notify you that on Wednesday, November 25, between 3 and 5 p.m., it is possible your suite may be included in a building tour. If your suite is chosen, the visit should not exceed 5 minutes. You do not need to be home, however the tour group will knock before entering, in case you are. Best and thank you in advance for your cooperation...
...25th Prime Minister of Thailand, Samak was elected in December 2008 in the first national polls following a military coup that deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in September 2006. Samak freely admitted he had been chosen to lead the victorious People Power Party by Thaksin, who was living in exile but retained enormous popularity with Thailand's poor and rural electorate. Samak, whose base was in Bangkok, appealed to the rural majority by proudly proclaiming he was Thaksin's "proxy...
...handgun, though, isn't Jiranan's only trusted companion. As a volunteer in the Iron Ladies, an all-female civilian militia designed to protect Buddhists from Islamic extremists, she received military training on how to wield rifles and machine guns. Jiranan is such a sure shot that she was chosen to show off her target practice for Thailand's Queen Sirikit, who has personally sponsored the Iron Ladies. "I am ready to die for my Queen and for my country," says Jiranan, her fuchsia-painted lips breaking into a wide smile. "That's why I need my little friend...
Five Harvard undergraduates have been chosen for the Rhodes scholarship this year, compared to only two students the last two years...
...process and I don’t know what the deciding factor was,” she says.“You have to make them aware that [...] it’s not that they weren’t a good candidate but they weren’t chosen...