Word: picks
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Nonetheless, even in California, where legend has it that anything will grow if it is merely watered, aspiring green-thumbers are warned by experts that a successful garden is no whimsical undertaking. The first step is to pick a fertile, well-drained patch that gets as much sun as possible. For the average family, advises Derek Fell, director of the National Garden Bureau and author of a new book, How to Plant a Vegetable Garden, a plot 15 ft. by 25 ft. can save $250 or more above its investment in seeds (about $12) and tools. Fell recommends 18 varieties...
Like most other entries, the winning cars had been fitted out with ultrabright driving lights, auxiliary fuel tanks, Scheel seats, heavy-duty shock absorbers, wide tires, Snooper units designed to pick up police radar and Citizen Band radio sets on which the drivers got warning of highway patrol cars ("Smokey Bears") from friendly truckers ahead. "The cops are really starting to get tricky," said Wes Dawn, 31, a professional racing driver from Los Angeles, who wheeled his Mercedes 4505L into the Portofino lot five minutes after the winner. "In Ohio the police all have C.B. radios in their cars-when...
...They don't know how to pick the class--now they say, why not look to more faculty and alumni offspring. They are systematically taking away the defenses against this kind of thing," the student said...
...money, Media could very well be the best of the lot, which is saying a great deal considering the caliber of the competition. But he may have some developing to do, so I'll pick him--for the Travers Stake at Saratoga this summer...
...this year's Derby, you can take your pick. Foolish Pleasure will be right there at the finish, but whether his head will be in front or behind is hard to say. He's the king right now, and it will stay that way until somebody proves differently...