Word: pickings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Arthur Siegel of the Traveler: "On the basis of Harvard's performance last week, I pick Dartmouth to win. But if I have my usual luck, Harvard will win by about three touchdowns...
With a total of 63 entries in the contest to pick a Harvard drum-majorette, the CRIMSON last night was besieged by a flock of high school baton virtuosos who appeared to register in person, accompanied by mothers, aunts, and second cousins...
...Pick me a Dacey, Ole Man Mose is Hal-most dead. "Hallett hurts," he groaned to the Young Sargeant who held his closed Pfister...
While the doomed vessel was sinking after the attack by Japanese airplanes, James unwittingly earned for himself the name of here. As he was in the last boat to leave the ship, he spent the interval of waiting rummaging among the sailors' lockers to see if he could pick up anything that was left behind. He found a few blankets and cigarettes...
...saving of $743,000,000 annually, saw it thrown out because it would involve firing thousands of railroad employes; in 1934 he paid some $15,000 damages for clopping behind the ear with a polo mallet an aged riding master who had ridden him off the ball in a pick-up polo match...