Word: picking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that conforms to some sort of rational order? Can the force of our will exercise any efficacy over our ultimate destiny? Or are we compelled to function as best we can in a universe governed by gods who would rather be out at the local bowling alley trying to pick up that elusive 7-10 split than stay at home minding the cosmological store...
Student Seven: I am the cynical asshole who sits in the back and labels everyone much like this. I am too far removed from reality to establish my own identity, so I pick on other people's. In class I say things with great annoyance like, "Don't you think we're reading too far into this? How do we know that Pope meant anything more that just what is immediately evident on the surface...
...Letters were rolling in, "Kate Webster '87 says about her ad. She adds, "whenever I get bored I just pick up the letters and call them." Webster says she is most likely to answer letters which sound down-to-earth...
...Chairman Rand Araskog. Since 1980, Araskog has sold off more than 100 businesses, and last year he cut ITT's work force by 100,000, or 44%, and slashed headquarters staff from about 850 to 350. Says Araskog: "Corporate executives have to learn to do things for themselves. Pick up the telephone if it rings. Draft their own memos...
...Rose begat Joseph Jr., John, Rosemary, Kathleen, Eunice, Patricia, Robert, Jean and Edward. There are some formidable characters here. Rose was defender of the faith and the stoic keeper of the hearth and appearances. Joe Jr., killed during World War II on a near suicidal bombing mission, was the pick of the litter. Vivacious Kathleen ("Kick") died in 1948 with her foolish lover when he insisted on flying through a thunderstorm. But they, and even the quick- witted future President, are overshadowed by the powerful father figure...