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Word: picks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Still, an air of anxious, nearly jittery tension at Newell Boathouse yesterday verified that the outcome is still very much in doubt. But a lot of the tension broke during a free-for-all pick-up basketball game on the boathouse landing, played with a trash can mounted on the wall...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Crews All Open With a Splash Today | 4/16/1977 | See Source »

...blow up? Not much. They wouldn't take it seriously. I pick a spot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BYPLAY by ROGER KAHN: The Cincinnati Kid | 4/11/1977 | See Source »

Last week 100 tenants braved a thunderstorm and tornado warning to do some storming at the town hall. Said Mrs. Karyn Pick, who has a five-year-old son: "It's the most horrendous and inhumane thing a man could do." The lawmakers seem to agree. The village board is expected to pass an ordinance this week prohibiting Sparks' head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Price on Their Heads | 4/11/1977 | See Source »

After a stop in New York City to refuel, pick up a new flight crew and 14 more passengers, the plane flew on to the Canaries. There was no grumbling when word came that they would land temporarily at Tenerife, but the early-afternoon weather there was disappointing?cool, windy and foggy. The Clipper pulled into a holding area off one end of the runway. Some passengers stood at an open door to take photos of KLM 4805 as it refueled just ahead of them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: ...What's he doing? He'll kill us all!' | 4/11/1977 | See Source »

...informal style and think that he can be trusted (see following story). Carter's own pollster, Patrick Caddell, finds that the President is making "major inroads" among groups of voters who gave him lukewarm support during the election, including Jews, blue-collar ethnics and small businessmen. Carter could pick up still more support after NBC broadcasts on April 14 a tape of one of his days in the White House...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WHITE HOUSE: Why Is Jimmy Smiling? Why Not? | 4/4/1977 | See Source »

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