Word: pick
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Reagan Administration insists that its proposal is an indivisible package, carefully balanced to meet competing demands from many sides. "This is not a delicatessen, where you can pick and choose," said a Reagan adviser. While the Administration took pains to maintain a friendly atmosphere -- Shultz even invited Shamir to his home for a breakfast of blueberry pancakes cooked by the Secretary's wife Helena -- strain was evident in President Reagan's statement during the official departure ceremony at the White House. Those who rejected the plan, warned Reagan, would not have to answer to the U.S., but "they'll need...
...this year, the team seems ready to pick up where it left off. Two weeks ago, the team went to Virginia to compete in the William and Mary Tournament. There, it played 11 games, each 25 minutes long, where the purpose was not to win, but rather to get some playing experience before the official opener against Penn...
Freed, a freshman from Los Angeles who has never been to Japan before, said that the spoke about the Japanese work ethos in the contest. "I have waited for 48 rings for the Harvard operators to pick up, but in Japanese firms, people are expected to answer after one or two rings...
...will make the Final Four? After realizing it is wise to pick a champion from a Final Four team, here are my hockey predictions...
...arms control, Bush would probably pick up where Reagan left off; he would be well positioned to push ahead on a Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty with the Soviets. His first order of domestic business would be to confront the Government's financial tangle. Bush insists repeatedly that he would not raise taxes to cut the deficit, and whether he believes that or not, he could be boxed in by his own rhetoric. Yet a newly appointed bipartisan National Economic Commission is studying ways to reduce the deficit. If the commission recommends a tax increase, Bush will have to decide whether...