Word: picking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Rooms are picked on a seniority basis. All those rooms with all seniors enter a lottery and pick their rooms, then those with all seniors and one junior...
...Rooms are assigned this month, and seniorityis awarded based on class year and where your'recoming from. Rising seniors who lived in OldQuincy would pick first, then rising seniors inNew Quincy, then the same for rising juniors. Oneperson from each rooming group picks a number forthe group. There are then separate lotteriesdepending on rooming group size: one for quints,one for quads, and so on. Rising sophomores areassigned rooms over the summer...
Since arguing with pitchers is no more sensible than arguing about them, let a hitter take his swing, a slugger with an eternally simple view of life (especially New York living), but a profound knowledge of athletic gifts (and the pleasures they afford). "If I could pick somebody to be," says Mickey Mantle, "that's who I'd be." He knows there is a wonderful ride ahead. "Dwight Gooden...
...Most Carmel residents agree, up to a point. McDonald's will never rear its golden arches within the one-square-mile village, and franchisers are likely to get a warmer reception in Moscow. This is a town that has banned neon and has precious few streetlights or sidewalks. Residents pick up their mail at the post office because houses are identified by names like "Apricot Pit" or "Little Sur" but have no street addresses. The mayor would like to guard this ambience even more vigorously; she is proud of the fact that during her two terms the business district...
...four-year-old sister Katie chirped, "Un, deux, trois . . ." mimicking the accent of her Parisian instructor. Elsewhere around Creme de la Creme, 150 other tots and toddlers grappled with art, music, French, math, gym, reading, science and social studies until mothers and fathers in Volvos and BMWs came to pick them up. "There's a lot of competition out there," said Debra, looking ahead to the school and college years. "It can't hurt to give them an early start in education...