Word: pickings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Cecil A. Roberts, Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, revealed yesterday that the steam tunnels will carry 50 percent more steam in order to "pick up the overload on the present pipes and prepare for new construction...
Dark Victory. In Springfield, Ill., after sternly cautioning delegates to the annual convention of the Illinois Association of County Clerks not to tell anybody about the surprise testimonial dinner planned for that evening, association officers went to pick up Guest of Honor Charles Lowry, discovered that he had checked out of his hotel and left town the day before...
...where, despite an obvious amount of blood, I was refused treatment by the secretary on the grounds that "We don't treat you here. It's the rules." She further refused to provide a temporary dressing, saying that the more the wound was touched, the more germs it would pick up. I walked to Stillman on her advice, where I was bandaged and, since no doctor was in attendance, given car fare to the Hygiene Building. About one half hour after the accident I received treatment in the form of two stitches...
...pound Crimson player, now in the infirmary recovering from a case of flu, did not know whether he would be considered big enough to play professional ball, since many of the players weigh much more than 200 pounds. He said the clubs might pick him as offensive guard or defensive linebacker...
...National Football League will begin the first three rounds of drafting college players tomorrow morning. Green Bay, Pittsburgh, or the Chicago Cardinals will get the first pick of any college football star. The remaining 27 rounds of the draft will be held next January...