Word: pick
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Past experience has shown that Harvard also has low incidences of such diseases as gonorrhea and syphilis, Wacker says. "The lower incidence of sexually transmitted diseases in general speaks to the fact that probably casual sex on a pick-up basis is not very common among the group. Otherwise we would have seen a higher level of incidence compared to the rest of the population," the director says...
...used to think no one read this advertisement-laden publication. If you pick one up--and how often do you simply skip by the person who is handing them out, hands dug deeply in pockets?--you simply toss it in the nearest trash...
...Wursthaus was definitely not a pick-up place. Most of the patrons sat in pairs, clearly couples or buddies. In fact, two overdressed women in pearls walked out, looking disgruntled...
...Republicans to regain control of the Senate, they must take five of the six open seats, hold onto all their incumbents (including Weicker, Karnes and Hecht) and pick off Lautenberg and Metzenbaum. This will give the GOP a 50-50 tie in the upper house, which could be broken by the vote of Vice President Dan Quayle, assuming that a Republican is elected to fill Quayle's seat in Indiana...
...Kevin Duckworth (15.8 p.p.g.), winner of the NBA's "Most Improved Player" award, and Clyde Drexler (27.0 p.p.g.) come through, perhaps people will forget that the Blazers made Sam Bowie the number one pick of the 1984 draft. The Chicago Bulls had the next pick. They chose Michael Jordan...