Word: pickings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Coach Bob Pickett would be hard-pressed to pick a starting lineup, if he were forced to at the moment. For he is luxuriating in two and, at some weights, three nearly equal men fighting for a starting position...
...several dozens of freshmen work themselves into a mild frenzy over choosing a house. The choice looms up as one of monstrous proportions, one which will determine the course of their lives for the next three years. And so, with prayers and trembling, they spend agonizing weeks trying to pick out the "best" house, and even more agonizing weeks waiting to hear if they are accepted or rejected...
...seems patently absurd to assume that, if there really as a "best" house, they will be able to pick it out with any degree of accuracy. This can be seen in the fact that generations of freshmen have been unable to agree on the most desirable house, and that every year or so a new house is on the top of the popularity list...
With the photometer, Miczaika pointed out that astronomers could pick up emissions from unseen stars, which send out great amounts of infra-red light...
...President Pusey would just pick up the phone and call Griswold, the plan could be adopted tomorrow," Weiss said. Mr. Pusey and other high administration officials declined comment yesterday...