Word: picks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...this moment. For the last three weeks or so, a yellow press release has been sitting in the listings basket at The Crimson, announcing the opening of the world premiere of an adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s Player Piano at the Boston Repertory Theater, and every week I pick it up thinking this time it really is going to be, relevant. And of course, so far it hasn't been. Actually, I have no idea whether or not it's going to be any good. I can't really see how they're going to dramatize...
...Defense Department, Commerce Department and the banks did not pick up the recession costs--it was the school children," and educational institutions that paid, Mondale said...
...Senate Leader Hugh Scott declared it carried unanimously. No one openly admitted that a President who requires a vote of confidence from his own party's key legislators is in deep trouble. "We all sensed he was a little down in the dumps," Anderson explained later. "We wanted to pick his spirits...
...railroads and some airlines are showing modest gains. Metals producers are lagging: U.S. Steel's profits fell 46.5% in the first quarter and Bethlehem's 64.6%, while Anaconda suffered a $4.7 million loss. But even they should do better later this year, when spending is expected to pick...
...student porter does not respond to this. Instead he heads for the equipment room to pick up the tools of his trade. Two hours anytime between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., five days a week. Ten hours at $3.75 an hour. $37.50 a week. The student porter knows the rules, the facts and figures, well enough. This job is helping to put him through school...