The prospect of voting for Fumitaka Ikeda, the vice governor and the handpicked choice of Goro Yoshimura, who was stepping down after five terms in office and was himself handpicked by his successor, was too much for Mr. Chino.
But noticeably absent from the crowd of Hudson County Democratic officials was Assemblyman Albio Sires, a freshman legislator from the county who was handpicked by Mr. McGreevey as a compromise choice for Assembly speaker.
So, not only can you start your Mondays with better stories, but now you can shop better choices with the Made to Matter collection, handpicked by Target.
Mr. Pollard handpicked directors and top managers, and an unusually large number of his choices were family members, friends and graduates of Wheaton College.
The point of this Convention was to assure the nomination of Jackson's handpicked successor, Martin Van Buren, and to allow Van Buren to contrive for his choice, Richard Johnson, to win the Vice-Presidential nomination.
Incidentally, it was Ratan Tata who handpicked Mistry back in 2011, describing the move as a "far-sighted choice" after his own 21-year innings at the helm of the Tata group.
She was "nominated" to lead the party on May 16th although handpicked by Mr Thaksin would probably be a better description of the process.The choice of Ms Yingluck will invigorate many Pheu Thai supporters, but dismay others.
"They were handpicked for each role.
Teachers are handpicked and stay seemingly forever.
When Chuck Prince, Sanford Weill's handpicked successor, was forced out, in the fall of 2007, following the disclosure of huge losses in Citi's mortgage portfolio, Pandit emerged as the surprise choice to take over.
"Each of these guests was handpicked".
