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As a young boy, Staphs father and brother would take him out to a local field and play pick-up games. He was too little to actually compete, but he didnt mind playing all-time center and snapping the ball to his life-long role models.

Author: By Daniel E. Fernandez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tenacious D: Staph's Success A Sweet Struggle | 9/24/2001 | See Source »

One of Hooker's most significant accomplishments was that he took an essentially rural form of music, Delta blues, and made it tough enough for the city, strong enough to support all the rock and roll that would come after it. Hooker once said "the blues is a pick-up...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: John Lee Hooker: He Paid His Dues | 6/22/2001 | See Source »

Bush has been trying to warm up to the other side but his pick-up lines haven't been working. After a long cold period, he dispatched senior White House aide Josh Bolton to meet with McCain and invited all the Senate sponsors to a White House meeting last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside the Battle over the Patients' Bill of Rights | 6/18/2001 | See Source »

a) because pick-up lines used by men in bars rarely work b) to encourage bottle returns c) because Jewel's verse is more tolerable when you're drunk d) to spur interest in poetry

Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Quiz Apr. 30, 2001 | 4/30/2001 | See Source »

This is not helped in the least by the relatively poor acting of much of Beale’s supporting cast. There was a comfort level at the Lyttelton which seemed to prop up the show’s other actors. What they lacked in delicacy and originality they made...

Author: By David Kornhaber, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Hamlet Devoutly to be Wished | 4/20/2001 | See Source »

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