Word: handpicked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...style product selection comes as no accident, according to Madanian. "That's one of the advantages of being a small independent store," Madanian says. "I can handpick everything, so we get a lot of old-fashioned things...
...that the Forbes message resonates among socially liberal, economically conservative Republicans. The Dole campaign knows this: two weeks ago, campaign manager Scott Reed ceded to Governor Pete Wilson--Dole's former opponent in the race--greater influence over the Dole campaign in the state. The Governor will get to handpick the state's delegate slate to the convention in San Diego, something that would potentially permit Wilson to control an enormous bloc of votes should no candidate--or someone such as Forbes--turn up at the convention with a majority of delegates...
...Crimson, criticized for attempting to discredit the BSA and cited repeatedly for freeing speech which questions Black people's abilities, wants to limit the speech of those who would stand up for Black people? And then have the audacity to attempt to handpick Black students' leadership, under the guise of being concerned about "the BSA's hard-earned credibility...
...Nehru was the first to abhor the prospect of a dynasty. He later told an American interviewer, "I am not capable of ruling from the grave. How terrible it would be if I, after all I have said about the processes of democratic government, were to attempt to handpick a successor. The best I can do for India is to help our people as a whole generate new leadership as it may be needed." A full generation later, that time of need has come...
...right out of Star Trek, allows workers to call him "Skip" and describes his position as "team member." He and the union boss (who goes by "Dick") have a strange, collegial relationship. As for the rank and file, they don't punch a time clock and they get to handpick the people they work alongside. During off-hours they run around an outdoor obstacle course and engage in group hugging sessions. If they develop a bad attitude, they are paid to spend a day thinking about what's bothering them. That's not all: a TV commercial for this multibillion...