Word: pick
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...overt," he explains. "There are cues you pick up on....I can tell from their facial impressions that they're surprised...
After graduation, Puck still had yet to pick a definite career path. She considered graduate work in anthropology and medicine but found a better match for her interests in the medical field...
...Browning did not get to pick up in her sophomore year where she left off at the end of freshman year, due to an unfortunate injury suffered in the NCAA soccer championships...
...Line: One game the Line can pick, even after an off day, is a CHIEFS-Broncos matchup. This time around, both teams are 0-1 and feeling a little desperate. What gives Kansas City the edge is that, unlike the Mile High boys, who merely suspect it, the Griefs truly know they're not going to be playing in January. Take KC plus 3 1/2 points...
...instead of transparent favoritism and elitism, we have something worse: the illusion of meritocracy. We waste countless hours--and reams of paper--elaborately pretending we're not just as likely to pick our friends and cronies as were our Gilded Age predecessors. Ironically, the final clubs, no matter what you think of them, are now some of the most honest organizations on campus. Everyone knows getting in is about who you are, who you know and where you're from...