Word: unchosen
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...they disagree vehemently on how to go about it. After months of resisting President Reagan's calls for mandatory testing, Surgeon General C. Everett Koop last week told reporters at an AIDS conference in London that he hopes this spring to screen every student at a still unchosen urban U.S. university with a population of 25,000. Said Koop: "That would give you a pretty good idea of the prevalence in that age group in an urban setting...
...forlorn return of the unchosen began last Saturday, when the first 15 bodies arrived at Dover Air Force Base, in Delaware. As weeping family members stood by the coffins in a cavernous aircraft hangar, General Kelley spoke a few words of praise. Then the familiar strain of the Marine hymn filled the makeshift chapel...
...many ways, monotheism led ultimately to a new assertion of man's worth. It rose as a unifying force above countless tribal deities and, therefore, tribal conflicts. But, facing outward, it also encouraged exclusivity and intolerance-the line between the believer and the infidel, the chosen and the unchosen. Christianity and Islam have had the historical habit of descending with a sword on strangers. The world's other great monotheistic faith, Judaism, has traditionally been more defensive...
...very much time to demonstrate an ability to tackle Britain's deep social and economic problems, if he needs help, Wilson will not be far away. "You will be able to count on my full support, especially when the going is rough," Wilson last week assured his yet unchosen successor. Then, to allay fears that he may become an annoying meddler, he added quickly: "But I do not intend to offer gratuitous advice...
...remainder of Harvard's holdings will be divided into lots, worth $100 million each, and then split up among at least three already existing but as yet unchosen management companies...