Word: selecting
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Reagan is careful to share his trust with only a select...
...producer, the director and two representatives from Hitachi Corp. of Japan, the documentary's sponsors, hold open interviews on Monday and Tuesday at the Freshman Union to select four undergraduates who would appeal to a Japanese audience as typical of the "American way," Jeanne A. Olivo, production manager for the production company, said yesterday...
...might argue that such a system does not necessarily select the most forceful leader or best White House manager but only the best debater. But this objection must be seen in the light of the present system. Many believe that today's electoral process only helps us select the best campaigner with the best advertising director. With this in mind, regular and organized debates are the best showcase for voters, especially debates in the style of argument put forth above. No one can predict who will serve a strong four-year term. But with debates, we will see our candidates...
...Markets, the monthly newsletter published by New York's Morgan Guaranty Trust Co. Its editor is Rimmer de Vries, 51, the most respected private forecaster of world currency exchange rates and trade flows. Of the dozens of international bank letters, none has a more influential readership (25,000 select subscribers) than this slender (16 to 24 pages) pamphlet, crammed full of statistical tables and carefully crafted commentary. Says Manfred Wegner, a senior European Community monetary official: "De Vries is one of the gods. You don't go to bed at night with out studying World Financial Markets...
...owns hung like a tapestry on a wall in his office. The more subtle the tie and limited its distribution, the more prized it becomes. One of the most highly sought-after ties is the one by Pepsi-Cola with the company logo in Cyrillic script, distributed to a select group of Soviet officials as a memento of the company's trade knot with the U.S.S.R. Another collector's gem because of its scarcity in the U.S. is the navy blue Toyota tie with the automaker's name in Japanese...