Word: picking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sharon Batts is an unlikely candidate for pop stardom. But at age nine the brown-eyed third-grader from the Fort Worth suburb of Bedford has successfully bypassed the music-industry moguls with a hit single about a subject few would pick for Top 40 playlists. "Dear Mr. Jesus,/ I just had to write to you," Sharon's tinny voice sings plaintively. "Something really scared me/ when I saw it on the news./ A story about a little girl/ beaten black and blue." After imploring Jesus to come to the rescue of abused children, the song concludes, "Dear Mr. Jesus...
Then it will be time to pick up the sticks again. Put on the shoulder pads. Pull on the jerseys...
...existing program also maintains a shelf at the Division of Employment Security in Cambridge, where unemployed people often have to stand in line for hours to pick up their benefit checks...
Another rider acknowledged that she usually returned books "at a slower rate than I pick them up." She said she did mean to return all the books--eventually...
...comes the hard part. Choosing the type of speech to give to press and fans. How to pick the right words to thank your opponent for showing up, but also reminding everyone that you had the better team all along...