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Word: picking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Aides to two state senators who recently ran sticker campaigns said Graham will have to appeal to unusually dedicated voters to win. Not only must voters decide which name to pick, but they must remember the name, bring stickers with them into the voting booths, and put the stickers in the right place on their ballots...

Author: By Martha A. Bridegam, | Title: Sticker Campaign Seen As Long Shot | 9/20/1988 | See Source »

...pushed to within a mile of the geyser. Flames 200 ft. high swooped down on a village not far from the Old Faithful Inn, destroying more than a dozen buildings. The fires have ruined 1.2 million acres of Yellowstone and adjoining national forests. As high winds threatened to pick up again at week's end, residents of nearby Silver Gate and Cooke City, Mont., were evacuated. Montana Governor Ted Schwinden banned hiking, fishing and camping in his state and postponed hunting season for the first time ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yellowstone: A Hot Time at Old Faithful | 9/19/1988 | See Source »

...this family time? Pick your theory. Baby boomers are just now having families, and pollsters shape the candidates to fit the demographics. Or, in times of peace, political talk, like everything else, returns to domesticity, and there is nothing as domestic as family...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Spare Us the Family Album | 9/19/1988 | See Source »

...taking Columbia very seriously," Hinz says. "We want to show the league we're very serious about defending our crown. A goal we have this year is to go undefeated. If we lose, we'll try to pick up the pieces. We'll be disappointed if we don't win the Championship...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., | Title: Hinz Keeps Making the Anticipation Worth the Wait | 9/16/1988 | See Source »

...Brownsville, Texas' southern-most city, winds began to pick up around noon under overcast skies...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: South Texas Braces for Hurricane | 9/16/1988 | See Source »

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