Word: picking
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...portion to the total number of men it has in the country, which comes down to 65% Army, 15% Marines, 12% Air Force, 6% land-based Navy and 2% Coast Guard. A serviceman sub- mits his choice of time and city, and does not always get his first pick. But once he gets his orders, he is a coddled and happy fellow...
...hell, hanging around pool parlors (where Bob became a pretty good hustler), swiping things from the local stores. He straightened out soon enough, and for a while sold newspapers on a street corner. John D. Rockefeller used to come by in his chauffeured car every day to pick up his 20 paper. One rainy afternoon the old millionaire handed Bob a dime. Hope had no change, so he offered to trust Rockefeller for the money. "He wouldn't hear of it," recalls Bob, "and so I had to run about 50 yards through the rain to a grocery store...
There is no simple explanation for sloppy play. Lack of confidence, game jitters and the absence of the killer instinct all have a part. A hustling team wil pick up the loose ball, get the second shot rebound and win the close games...
...declining to overturn the convictions of two men who had been arrested attempting to pick up a trunk full of marijuana last summer, Superior Court Chief Justice G. Joseph Tauro declared, "In my opinion a proper inference may be draw from the evidence that there is a relationship between the use of marijuana and the incidence of crime and antisocial behavior...
Responding to criticism that his campaign to date had been "halfhearted and casual," McCarthy said, "I think any campaign has to be casual in the Christmas season." He noted that the primaries were still a long way off and said he would pick up the pace later...