Word: pick
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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These scenarios may not come to pass, but the only guarantee they won't lies with the fairmindedness of the same population that overwhelmingly passed the measures. The people have empowered themselves with more than the discretion to pick an official language: they have become arbiters over key civil rights. Millions of Spanish-speaking citizens must now hope that these "true blooded Americans" will sacrifice their own self-interests to protect the rights of others...
...total yards (340 rushing, 217 passing). The front wall opened holes the size of moon craters for running back Bryan Keys (28 carries for 178 yards and three touchdowns) while giving ready-to-run quarterback Malcolm Glover (14 of 22 passes, 217 yards and a touchdown) ample time to pick the Crimson secondary apart...
...presidency. It failed, 85 to 27. Handling succession would be easy. We did it with Ford when we had to ((when Spiro Agnew was forced to resign in 1973)). It was simple. But instead of that method, I'd just reconvene the Electoral College. Under the Constitution, theoretically, they pick the President anyway, and the Vice President. It would give some meaning to the Electoral College...
...says he saw two drug addicts in front of his apartment building just the day before. "You all know about aids," Pugliese says. They nod in agreement. "Well, that's one way you can get aids. So if you see a needle on the street, don't even pick...
...past. But some districts are finding that better pay is a magnet for fresh teaching talent. Since last summer, when it approved a three-year contract providing for salaries of up to $64,000, Dade County, Fla., has received nine applications for every teaching vacancy. "We really have the pick of the crop," exults assistant superintendent Gerald Dreyfuss...