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Word: pick (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Shaw, a No. 1 draft pick from Cal-Santa Barbara, passed to Bird for two baskets and to Dennis Johnson and Kevin McHale for another pair as the Celtics outscored the Knicks, 15-8, in the extra session...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Celts Top N.Y. | 11/5/1988 | See Source »

Okay, so he doesn't look like a first-round draft pick, or even a free agent from the CBA. And he probably belongs on Letterman with Larry "Bud" Melman instead on the Utah bench...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Eight FAN-tastic NBA Season Facts | 11/4/1988 | See Source »

...technical problems caused the sound effects to stop working during the show, Marston led the cast in a total loss of character and presence. In a vain attempt at comedy, Marston, who was speaking at the time, started a five minute ad-lib, which the other actors failed to pick up on. The actors all began laughing and jabbing each other in the ribs...

Author: By Melanie R. Williams, | Title: Harvard Theater | 11/4/1988 | See Source »

...second consecutive week, the eight-man pick-up play resulted in a score for eight-man Alex Williams...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr, | Title: W. Ruggers Avenge Only Loss, 16-0 | 10/31/1988 | See Source »

...Nazi moles would not have dared to undermine Britain's defenses, diplomatic as well as military, as blatantly as did those two ambitious bumblers. After Hitler marched into the Rhineland in 1936, Baldwin rejected pressure to appoint Churchill as Minister of Defense with the compelling logic that "if I pick Winston, Hitler will be cross." In 1938, after meeting the Fuhrer, the deluded Chamberlain could say, "I got the impression that here was a man who could be relied upon when he had given his word...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Lightning In His Brain | 10/31/1988 | See Source »

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