• Cardinals, many of them among the electors who chose him to be the Roman Catholic church's first Latin American pope, sat on chairs during the ceremony held under hazy skies on a breezy day.

    NPR: New Pope Opens Holy Week At Vatican On Palm Sunday

  • He is accountable, first, to Donald Dewar, the (elected) Scottish secretary who chose him for the job, and, second, to the Scottish Grand Committee, which allows members of the Commons to interrogate all ministers, including those who sit in the Lords.

    ECONOMIST: Peer pressure

  • The people who chose him as their target and the UN knew that he was the most effective international civil servant in the country, and I might add to all people watching tonight in the United Kingdom, a very great man, whose loss is immense to all of us.

    BBC: Richard Holbrooke

  • Shaun Wright may have got the most votes of any candidate in South Yorkshire and the crucial 50% needed to get elected, but only 7% of people who could vote actually chose him.

    BBC: Sheffield & South Yorkshire

  • Mr Kirchner, who chose to have his wife replace him rather than run for re-election himself, drastically increased spending on pensions and public works to support her candidacy, and the global spike in fuel prices caused Argentina's expenditure on energy and transport subsidies to soar.

    ECONOMIST: Argentina

  • Athletic Director Tim Pernetti, who chose to suspend Rice three games rather than fire him when first made aware of the video, resigned two days later.

    FORBES: Eddie Jordan A Strong Choice To Replace Mike Rice At Rutgers

  • His speeches have gone viral on the internet, and many within the 17% who chose Cain in our poll may well have known about him before the debate.

    FORBES: Cain Fills Void in GOP Field

  • The second round of voting saw Mr Kufuor widen the gap, as the five candidates who had been eliminated in the first round chose to endorse him rather than the vice-president.

    BBC: Historic win for Ghana challenger

  • As his successor he chose Mariano Rajoy, a decent but plodding politician who seemed unlikely to overshadow him, rather than Mr Rato, his brilliant finance minister.

    ECONOMIST: Flirting with nationalists, provoking the opposition

  • He chose -- he chose to use his talents to improve the lives of people like him who had to work for everything they've got and to help people too often left out and left behind.

    CNN: Clinton: Time again to choose a more perfect union

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