Word: picked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...stop in my room to pick up the self-proclaimed Team Tag-along--my blockmates Shelli L. Calland and Kyle R. Freeny. Up until now, they've been maintaining a home base in my room, tidying up the common room should Tad return, and selecting ideal outfits for the night ahead. They offer moral support and general enthusiasm for the final 10 parties, and they excitingly join our troop...
...went outside and the car was fine. He had a big old laugh. So we said "We're gonna get you." So we got about ten football players, a bunch of tissue, tape, shaving cream and streamers. And we wrapped them around his truck. And we had football players pick up his truck and turn it horizontal in the parking place. We were like "We told you you were going DOWN!" The principal called us into the office next week pretending there was some serious charge and he took out handcuffs. They were about to arrest...
...Spanish. "I'm not studying the way I want. I want to work less and study more." To supplement his income he invests in the stock market. "I've been investing for the last twelve years. Right now I have Internet access and a broker." His current hot pick? AI solutions, a company that provides human resources. "Last year was very bad, because of the markets in Asia," he explained. "This year, I'm not sure. The governmentis threatening to raise interest rates, which would hurt'things. They donit want the market...
...Bala certainly did pick it up and he seems poised to continue the production through the second half of the season...
...welcome to debate the violence and the presentation of a Southern black (Jeffrey Wright, impeccably conflicted) fighting for the flag of slavery. But for all the period dressings, this could be a deadpan study of why kids in Sarajevo, Belfast or South Central pick up guns and start spraying the street. And for all the carnage, Lee's tone is contemplative. He pines for those quiet moments when a wounded man can sit holding a baby, the newborn sucking on the man's nubbin of a blasted-off finger...