Word: pick
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Well, as [Harvard women's assistant coach and former Harvard men's] Coach Jack Barnaby once said, `We're going to throw everything at them except the kitchen sink, and then we're going to pick that up and throw it at them too,' Harvard Co-Captain Frank Huerta said. "We're going to give it our best shot. They're solid from one to three, but ours are too. From four to seven is where we can make a break...
...should we be censured? Because someonehappened to say that the '50s were carefree?" saidWeissbecker. "You could easily pick any period inhistory and distort it in this...
...ceremonial addresses are laced with generalities. The trick is to pick the right ones -- and Bush did. In tone and substance, the President's Inaugural was upbeat and confident, exactly what an inherently optimistic people expects at a moment of national celebration. Jimmy Carter showed how easy it is for a leader to lose his way. "Even our great nation has its recognized limits," said Carter in his Inaugural. He was right, of course, but missed the point nonetheless. A country conditioned to being No. 1, a country that believes that by right it should...
...some of the house dining halls, inviting students to join in a night of nostalgia celebrating the 50 s. The flier described the 50 s as a time when "...living was uncomplicated. That time of the fabulous fifties when all you had to do was shine your Chevy, pick up your favorite girl and enjoy!" The menu for the evening included "grilled McCarthy burgers...
Many of those in the capital who are talking about the pay hike favor it, as do students of government who contend that too many of the most talented men and women pick private industry over public service because of the siren song of much higher pay. But for many Americans "out there" who already feel that life inside the Washington Beltway is a world vastly different from their own, the prospect of such big raises right at budget-cutting time is cause for concern, derision, even anger. At their current salary of $89,500 a year, Congressmen already make...