Word: picking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...down that textbook and pick up a piece of paper and a pencil. Try to think of Shoeless Joe, not Shakespeare. Of the Say Hey Kid, not Ho Chi Minh. Of curveballs, not bell curves...
...down Cymbeline right now and pick up Baseball Digest...
Baxter, who hadn't pitched in a game this year because of tendonitis in his left elbow, returned to the mound to start for the Crimson, and the sophomore looked like he was ready to pick up where he left off a year ago. In 1987, Baxter posted a 5-1 record and an incredible...
Gephardt's last deal. Dick Gephardt had a problem. By dropping out of the race, he would lose the right to name a number of Missouri's at-large delegates who are still to be selected. Instead, Jackson (the runner-up in Missouri) would get to pick them. But Gephardt, now planning to run for re- election to the House, wanted to reward home-state supporters with convention seats. So he called Jackson and asked for the right to name Missouri's at- large delegates in return for helping Jackson with delegate slates in South Dakota and Texas. Jackson magnanimously...
Counting their chickens. Jackson's campaign got so caught up in last week's excitement that his people suddenly seemed ready to pick out offices in the West Wing. A top operative from a failed campaign was called for advice in "running the country," and an outside adviser was asked to provide Cabinet nominations...