Word: pick
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...across America, it won’t be from up in some Ivory Tower, but from the lessons he’s learned during his years changing our schools from the bottom up,” Obama said during his announcement. Education experts have praised Obama’s pick, calling Duncan a tough leader but one who is willing to compromise...
...Virgin Atlantic said it was in talks with Germany's Lufthansa over the future of BMI, a British airline that Lufthansa is currently taking over. This year the German carrier has taken a 42% stake in Austrian Airlines, with plans to pick up the rest later, and a similar share in Brussels Airlines, which handed the Cologne-based carrier access to west Africa. British Airways has been talking to Spain's Iberia and Australian carrier Qantas about a merger...
...fans realize. "It's often said that the NBA is a players' league," notes Van Gundy, who was fired in 2007 after a relatively long run of four years as coach of the Rockets. "What's left unsaid is that it's also a league about the guys who pick the players, the general managers." Not only do they make most of the big player decisions on trades and free-agent signings, but they also get a lot more face time with the people who sign the checks, meeting almost daily with the owner. "Coaches have very infrequent contact with...
...Joes and assorted plumbers throughout the Rust Belt and the Midwest. McCain has sullied his reputation, though, which is a pity. (A parenthetical and auxiliary Teddy should go to Tina Fey, not for courage so much as truth through hilarity: she nailed the absurdity of McCain's vice-presidential pick--the worst political decision of the year...
...basketball team - Duncan spent four years playing professional basketball in Australia. (He went Down Under after first trying out for the Boston Celtics.) While in Australia, Duncan also tutored underprivileged students. He was among the friends who played basketball with Obama on Election Day and has played pick-up games with Michael Jordan...