Word: picking
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...retaliation, the Americans toyed with the notion of sneaking into the sable grounds of Russia's Baikal region and doing a bit of poaching. They even went so far as to pick a leader for the expedition: a much-decorated Army lieutenant colonel named Carl Piampiano. The harebrained scheme never materialized, but Piampiano was by then intrigued with the mink business and bought himself a ranch in Zion...
...chairman of Humphrey's 1968 campaign, Harris was only narrowly edged out by Muskie for the No. 2 spot on the ticket. By 1972, the Democratic nominee, backed by a rejuvenated party, might well look no further than the chairman's office at national headquarters to pick a nationally known running mate...
...long assembly line that brought the price down to 5½?. That is considerably more than the cost of buying and home-laundering a standard cloth diaper-which works out to an average 1 ½? per change -but within competitive range of the 310 or so typically charged by pick-up-and-delivery diaper services...
...trying to get close to the smudge pot blazing in the center of the room. All the smudgers have to wait until Shorty or Reuben or one of the other foremen reports in that one of the groves has hit 26 degrees. It's always easy for veterans to pick out the novices in the waiting crowds: first-time smudgers stupidly wear clean clothes, not knowing that their whole body surfaces will be coated with a delightful smudge-oil layer by the time they get done. The novices also provide a few laughs for the crowd when they innocently...
Heartland, U.S.A. Gala Chairman General Emmett ("Rosie") O'Donnell Jr. picked McMahon to recruit and stage the show because "he can pick up the phone and get anybody." O'Donnell is just about right. Among those appearing at the ball will be Hugh O'Brian, Roger Williams, Lionel Hampton, Tony Bennett, Carson, James Brown, Connie Francis and Joel Grey and the George M! company. At the end Dinah Shore will sing America the Beautiful with the three service academy glee clubs. Says Pitchman McMahon: "That's gotta be Heartland, U.S.A...