Word: picked
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...completed the cycle and entered its final phase as a cinema. It proves itself flimsy film material. The story tells of a titled Englishwoman stranded in Manhattan with the alternative of going hungry or to the Devil. Corinne Griffith does as much as possible (a very great deal) to pick the story up and put it on its listless feet...
...been in the Regular Army five years because he would have lacked the broadness of vision necessary in our branch of the service. The enlisted man would be better than the average sort of college graduates we had for about six months, but then the college man would pick up and pas him by the end of a year. I didn't expect the war to end in a year and it didn...
...essays, keen recognition of needed corrections and soundness of constructive criticism will largely determine the decision of the judges. Professor Bliss Perry, Mr. D. M. Little '18, and Dean E. A. Whitney '17, who have been chosen to pick the winner, will expect the essay to display, in addition, ability in literary expression...
...voice of Tetrazzini, not strong but of great resonance, was peculiarly suited to the radio. Her singing was rebroadcasted to all the British stations and was heard by enthusiasts on the Continent. Many vainly hoped that the U. S. coastal stations would pick up the tremoring wave lengths, as they did those of a jazz concert at the Hotel Savoy, London, a few days later...
...prestige of Italy must be furthered by more substantial means than mere abstention from profanity. From an aesthetic point of view hand-carved pick handles, or triangular macaroni would seem infinitely more effective...