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Word: pickings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...play in dispute was Feller's attempt to pick Boston's Phil Masi off second base during the eighth inning. Umpire Bill Stewart of the National League called Masi safe, and he went on to score the Braves' winning--and only--run on a single by Holmes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Camera Disputes Ump's Series Call | 10/7/1948 | See Source »

...last Friday, only two complete elevens were able to take part in actual field work because of a delay in giving Freshman physical exams. By yesterday Lamar had been able to pick out 36 men for his "A" team, but so many more promising candidates remain that shifts from "B" squad to "A" squad could happen at almost any moment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '52 Football Candidates Still Unsifted as Deadline Nears | 10/6/1948 | See Source »

...Will Pick a President...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Liberals to Hear Schlesinger Talk On ERP Progress | 10/6/1948 | See Source »

FEBRUARY, 1947--Associated Harvard Clubs and Alumni Association pick 14-man Committee to recommend suitable war memorial...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Deliberations of the War Memorial Committee | 10/5/1948 | See Source »

...basic nature of American, League play also seems to be the factor that draws small boys of the autograph-seeking variety and the hordes of casual spectators who pick a team for purposes of cocktail party conversation and that exhilirating sense of being one with the mass...

Author: By Bayard Hooper, | Title: Egg in Your Beer | 10/5/1948 | See Source »

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