Word: pickings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...shifting defense was frequently sloppy and uncoordinated. The Terriers failed to pick up men and fouled often, and Shepard's squad was able to break in easily to score. A fast sophomore, Charlie Carson, led the Terrier scoring with 12 points...
...most U. S. campuses, and they feel that they can keep this position only through restriction of membership. A few months ago, a Williams man told this writer that "we personally don't much care what religion a guy is when we pledge him, but if we didn't pick our members carefully, nobody would want to join us." As long as people like the Williams man must disregard their personal convictions because of outside pressure, no one-shot resolution will cure fraternity discrimination...
...Roller Derby is good entertainment. It can be fairly exciting and if you pick a night when the competitors happen to be in a particularly surly mood, I suppose it could be downright dangerous. The Roller Derby appears to have more staying power than another Seltzer concoction, the Marathon Dance, and is no doubt worthwhile observing--mainly for chuckles...
...passed. Under its provisions for new schools, better buildings and an extra year of compulsory education (to age 15), the total cost for Catholics was estimated at ?10 million-over & above the regular taxes paid to support government schools. Catholic bishops duly informed education officials that they could not pick up so big a burden. Since then, soaring building costs and various other factors have upped the original estimates to somewhere between ?50 and ?60 million...
...Panther, proprietor of a monument works, reported the theft of a 200-lb. granite tombstone. In Sardis, Ga., the thieves who made off with $1,200 worth of furnishings from the Sardis Baptist church were nabbed by police when they leaded back to the church, with a truck, to pick up the piano...