Word: picking
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...film his April 6 TV reply to Edward R. Murrow's famed See It Now analysis of his manner and methods. After McCarthy, the Aluminum Co. of America (SIN's sponsor) and Murrow had declined, CBS decided that its "policy of fairness and balance" required it to pick...
...depletion allowance were cut to 15%, consumers might have to pay a little more for their oil and gas, but the Government would pick up an estimated $300 million in additional revenue each year. Says Senator Williams: "As long as there is oil, people will be looking for it, depletion allowance...
...unveils a deep emotional insight and a tender dramatic gift never before displayed." Probably much more to the point is Marilyn's own comment on the satisfactions of co-starring with He-Man Mitchum: "It's wonderful to play opposite a guy you can't pick up and throw across the room...
...William F. Gurney, 12, of West Palm Beach. Fla., saw a girl and boy trying to pick up some books that the girl had dropped on a railroad track. Gurney rushed onto the track, pushed the boy and girl off, then jumped clear himself-just as a train roared past...
...even older colored woman in the chair beside him. The bartender, a balding man with a limp and a hearing aid, rested his back against the counter, his eyes fixed on the television set in the far corner of the room. From time to time he would pick up an empty beer glass and fill it from the tap marked Kruger. The bar was speckled with little pools of beer and small change, mostly dimes and quarters. Nobody was talking...