Word: picking
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...interior, got trapped on a sandbar off the coast of North Viet Nam. Before them lay the sea. Behind them lay the Communist land of compulsory joy. In frail craft, the braver, stronger ones made it out to the three-mile limit, where a French aircraft carrier waited to pick them up and take them south to freedom. But the others, it seemed, were doomed. If any ship came inside the three-mile limit to pick up the refugees, the Viet Minh coldly made it known, then that ship would be fired on. In the Asia of victorious...
...young man was breathing hard as he tried for the fourth time to tie his stiff white tie so that both ends would come out even. Then he slipped on his rented tails, feeling a little ridiculous, and off he went to pick up his date. Opening night at the Metropolitan Opera (they said) was just about the most exciting occasion of the New York season and should therefore prove (he hoped) the most effective way to impress a girl. The investment of $60 for a pair of tickets was considerable (particularly since the show was on theater...
First the Crimson seemed on the very brink of its top performance against Brown. Against the Bruins the varsity played its best football of the season. Its offense was improved, and with Bill Meigs back in the lineup, the defense should pick up considerably. One suspects that this Saturday it will be on quarterback Bob Brink himself...
...airlines want a more complete net of Government-built communications control stations, enabling airports to talk directly with pilots several hundred miles away (maximum range in most places is now 30 miles). With such new radar, DME and communications equipment, the airport control tower at La Guardia could pick up a plane an hour out, slow it up if necessary, reserve a landing time and guide it to a straight-in landing. By thus eliminating stacking, much wasted air space could be reclaimed...
...undergraduates who failed to file applications on time, standing room may be all they can get. Contrary to earlier estimates, Lunden said last night that late applicants would be unable to pick up their "free seats this week...