Word: pick
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...second half, the Crimson came alive. Wiley, who tossed for 312 yards in the first half alone, could pick up only 78 more in the second stanza...
...Librascope, a computer firm. Then, as other pinstriped parents up and down the San Fernando Valley march out to their cars with groggy children in tow, Steven, a vice president at Union Bank in nearby Monterey Park, drives the boys to their day-care center, where he will pick them up again...
...companies hire employees, families and all of their homelife headaches are taken on as well. If little Suzy goes off to day care with a cold, Dad may fret about it at the office all day. If Mom suddenly has to work late, there may be no one to pick up Suzy and give her dinner. And if Grandma falls and breaks her hip, that budget report due tomorrow just doesn't seem so important anymore...
...women. The U.S. team was not expected to be a contender. But the Americans came on strong during the compulsory round, finishing less than half a point behind the East Germans. What happened next will nag at Americans in Games to come, much the way that sports fans still pick at the scab that remains from a 1972 wound, when the U.S. basketball team lost the gold to the Soviets in a disputed final few seconds of play...
Secondary: Cornerback Dave Murphy is a man to beware of. He collects interceptions the way George Bush collects American flags. He was third in the nation in interceptions last year, but has tailed off a little this year--he has just one pick-off. But if Yohe is just a little off...In addition to his intercepting prowess, Murphy has 28 tackles...