Word: picking
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Gottarendura, meanwhile, citizens were discussing which house to pick as St. Teresa's "real birthplace...
...time went on, the rules of the game became better established, so that it was no longer necessary actually to hit the offending statesmen. By public acceptance, of the sort that makes such practices as the evil eye and sticking pins in dolls so effective, it became sufficient to pick out some representative of the opposition and fire a few shots in his direction...
...most popular parlor game in the College yesterday was trying to pick a hero from Saturday's thrilling 22 to 21 victory over Army...
...time is undoubtedly the reason for Copland's extraordinary influence on modern music. The dean of American composers has severed his ties with the romanticists; he writes his music to reflect the outside world rather than to rework the feelings of a past age. "You don't pick the music," he points out, "it picks...
...entirely different story when the yardlings had the ball. The freshmen did manage to pick up ten first downs, but they were able to get only one core really going, that in the opening minutes of the games...