Word: picks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...actually hard at work all the time he was staring at the tube. Soon after the final gun sounded, he received a call from the Churchill Downs bookie parlor across town and announced his initial betting line for the Super Bowl: "Miami by six." Within seconds Martin's pick, subject to later change, was being posted at Churchill Downs. Within minutes the point spread was being flashed to bookies across the country as the most authoritative gambling line for this Sunday's championship game...
...judgment of her mother's loving servants is unfailingly obtuse. When the solicitor consults her about the dis position of the jewels - after the grande dame has at last died peacefully on her own commode - Dorothy asks, "Are there any jewels left, after the nurses have taken their pick...
...result of the careful screening of Gerald Ford [Dec. 17] by Congress, we probably have the best Vice President in years. Consideration was given only to his fitness for the office and not whether he could deliver the vote of a certain section of the country. Perhaps we should pick future Presidents in a similar manner. The country is so large that we have outgrown our original method of choosing a man to lead the nation. Some way must be found to choose men of merit...
...Philadelphia, buses that carried student fans to sports events have been eliminated. But many Pennsylvania districts are retaining late buses for students who stay for extracurricular activities. One high school principal reasons: "If you eliminate the bus, you'll have 50 mothers driving to school to pick up their children...
...have long grumbled that that goal is now unrealistically low, but they have never set a new target figure, and have often said that there should not be one. To ensure that the budget gives just enough boost to the economy, however, they have concluded that they have to pick a number. Officials of the Treasury Department, Office of Management and Budget and Council of Economic Advisers are framing a new goal that will probably be between...