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Word: pickings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...pick & shovel corps of science toils far afield, probing the earth for traces of vanished men and civilizations. Recent doings of the diggers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Diggers, Aug. 16, 1948 | 8/16/1948 | See Source »

...just a pick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 9, 1948 | 8/9/1948 | See Source »

...Where do you pick the flower?" the White Queen asked. "In a garden or in the hedges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AGRICULTURE: The Price of Parity | 8/9/1948 | See Source »

Canada's Liberals held their first national nominating convention in 1919-before that, party leaders were picked in parliamentary caucus-and the leader they picked then has led them ever since. With the retirement of William Lyon Mackenzie King, they will meet next week to pick another leader...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: POLITICS: The First Circus | 8/2/1948 | See Source »

Five hours after he announced John Bracken's abrupt retirement, James Macdonnell, president of the Progressive Conservative Association, flashed urgent telegrams to organizers in all 245 ridings. The message: get cracking, pick some 1,300 delegates for the convention...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: Available George | 8/2/1948 | See Source »

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