Word: pick
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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While the search on the Democratic side has by all indications been narrowed down to seven candidates, including three of Dukakis' primary opponents, University pundits expressed disagreement over who the likely Democratic nominee should pick...
...were Bush, I would pick Elizabeth Dole,though I really don't think it will help him withwomen all that much," Verba said. "Nevertheless,she has a lot of very strong features [and] wouldbe a dynamic choice...
...worked at his school's radio station, playing a combination of classical and local new wave music; he says he would like to get involved with WHRB when he arrives in Cambridge. And, while he freely admits that he is not "Mr. Sportsman", he says he does enjoy a pick-up game of basketball every now and then, and says he might even like to join an intramural team. McAlester says, at this point he is unsure what he will concentrate, but says that French history or literature might be an option...
There are about as many women on the membership lists of some of the nation's exclusive private clubs as there are in the lineup of the Los Angeles Rams. Not that life at such all male places is that strenuous; how much muscle does it take to pick up a lunch check? Yet amid the antique rugs and deep leather chairs, the clubs do furnish a setting for the exertions of professional life: back slapping, ego massage and one "contact" sport -- making business connections. In short, though they offer relaxation, the clubs are places of business too. Meal tabs...
...much like Rembrandt, Tyson fights by the numbers. "Seven-eight," Rooney calls the tune, signaling for combinations. "Feint, two-one. Pick it up, six-one. There you go, seven-one. Now make it a six." The savage sight of Tyson advancing on his sparring partners recalls the classic moan of an early matchmaker: "He fights you like you stole something from him." Uppercuts are especially urgent. "If you move away too much," says Oliver McCall, the best gym fighter of the nine revolving lawn sprinklers, "he'll punch your hipbone and paralyze you in place." Hurricane comes...