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Word: picking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...building. One explanation involves a possible type of snooping that does not require hidden transmitters in the building. Mysterious cavities along with configurations of steel rods and wire mesh have been found in the walls of the new embassy complex. It is theoretically possible that the microwaves could somehow pick up the reverberations that emanate from within the walls of a building; a computer would then analyze those reverberations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Art of High-Tech Snooping | 4/20/1987 | See Source »

Often, the graffiti artists will stop complaining about their lack of companionship long enough to speculate on whom they would most enjoy as a companion. In the Quincy House Qube, an ongoing battle is raging to pick the prettiest girl in Quincy...

Author: By Sophia A. Van wingerden, | Title: MAKING YOUR MARK ON HARVARD | 4/17/1987 | See Source »

...about this time that the action on the ice began pick...

Author: By Brendan Barnicle, | Title: Where's the Mayor When Ya Need Him? | 4/17/1987 | See Source »

...Coke, Watches, Babies, Mescaline..." Customers interested in procuring a baby followed the pimps to dark abandoned buildings where lines of women waited to be chosen according to the specific genetic qualities desired by patrons. Customers indicated their choice, left a little sperm, and returned nine months later to pick-up their custom-made babies from the pimp...

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: Cabbage Patch Currency | 4/16/1987 | See Source »

...course the Happy Hacker's real motivation for going to the show is to pick-up t-shirts from IBM and Apple--the latest in techno-chic worn at the Science Center basement. And, the Happy Hacker is certain to also look for the free highlighters, baseball caps and other hackerobelia. Even if he doesn't go home with a new computer, the trinkets gained are certain to make the show worth the trip...

Author: By Evan O. Grossman, | Title: Companies to Show Off Their Latest Gadgetry | 4/16/1987 | See Source »

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