Word: picking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Second Time Around: When Princeton QB Jason Garrett eluded the grasp of Harvard Captian Kevin Dulsky to pick up 11 yards in the fourth quarter, most defensive line-men would have been annoyed at themselves for not sacking the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage...
...friend of the students had tried to call them at their room during the time they were out, heard someone pick up the receiver and then hang up, and reported the incident to campus security, said Ed Zaniewski, assistant chief of security. COLUMBIA...
...first carry of the quarter, Hinz broke off left tackle for a 21-yard pick...
...want you to be somebody, and you can if you try . . . Pick up that phone and call now!" So exhorted the smiling face in the newspaper ad for a nationwide chain of vocational schools. Rarely has such an ordinary pitch received so much attention, but then this was no ordinary pitchman: it was Presidential Hopeful Jesse Jackson. The message, self-improvement through education, was vintage Jackson. The medium was a blitz of commercial advertisements for which Jackson was to receive an undisclosed payment...
After a botched Dartmouth punt, Harvard took over at the Green 45. Hinz busted up the middle, eluding several tackles for a 21-yard gain. On a play action, Yohe rolled out and hit Bunning for a 14-yard pick-up to the Green four-yard line...