Word: pick
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Another funny, sharp satire on male lust is a pick-up artist who claims that his success has to do with the fact that he is particularly well-endowed. At the end of this monologue, Bogosian calls to the house for more lights and begins to address the audience directly. In a protracted, very funny and rather graphic description of his sexual fantasies--in particular his desire for his wife's best friend--Bogosian displays all of the same neuroses found in his made-up lives. He does not exempt himself from his own attempts at satire...
Enge pressured in the midfield and made a pick off a B.C. back. When the Eagles descended upon Enge to knock the ball loose, Amen picked it up and pushed forward to get the ball to Baverstock in the right corner. Junior forward Nick D'Onofrio connected on a Baverstock cross pass to give Harvard a 2-0 lead...
...defeat the scourge of litter, that bane of civilizations old and new. "If the student hasn't asked for it, they shouldn't be asked to pick it up or to pay custodians to pick it up," said Eric C. Engel, manager of facilities in the Yard...
...publications is another. Political, literary and cultural periodicals are key forums for campus thought--and key opportunities for freshmen to broaden their interests. Access to freshman dorms is crucial for publications to circulate their opinions; without door-to-door delivery, fewer freshmen will go out of their way to pick up the publications. Because restricting distribution limits the publications' ability to be heard, it is, in effect, an infringement on the freedom of the press. And, since this policy is applied to only non-subscription items, it discriminates against some publications...
...Bush was given five important missions bythis administration and he failed every one," saidthe Democratic presidential nominee. "And that wasbefore they asked him to pick a running mate inthis election...