Word: picks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Thomas and Kydes have the experience needed to pick a defense apart, and they should have no trouble in setting up the two wings. And Adedeji presents the opposition with an unknown factor. As a top scorer on the 1968 Nigerian Olympic team at the age of 16, Adedeji should feel very much at home under the pressure of a national championship match...
...Armored Cavalry joined the search from the air, sending out two helicopters. But the hijacker also managed to pick ideally inclement weather to cover his escape. Sullen clouds rolled in from the Pacific, grounding the choppers until a couple of hours before darkness. By week's end officers were scratching their heads and wondering where to look next for the dapper, audacious fellow with $200,000 to spend...
...critical test this week: the start of the Christmas shopping season. Besides their importance to retailers and manufacturers, holiday sales are a sensitive gauge of the public's mood. The pace of production and employment for months to come could well be determined by how many shoppers pick up that extra gift or two. All the experts have been carefully waiting for the tightfisted U.S. consumer to start spending again and thus lead the economy to the "great year" that Richard Nixon has promised...
Switch in Gender. If age, diabetes and a heart pulsed by a pacemaker keep Rojas Pinilla from running in 1974, Maria Eugenia would most certainly pick up the ANAPO banner. There is some question whether Colombians would vote for a woman; famous women in Latin America tend to be the mistresses of famous men. But a surprising number of Colombians, when asked about a woman President, told TIME'S David Lee: "Ah, but Maria Eugenia is muy macha"-a switch in gender of the word describing a virile...
Roland's death is especially effective. The camera finds him lying in bed, pans over to pick up his clock radio switching on, continues slowly round the room, showing dozens of framed pictures that range over his past, then comes to rest again on him. He has not moved. The radio continues to play...