Word: picks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...after concluding all this I went back to my editor prepared to defend my choice of a book to review. So what if I didn't get some of the jokes or pick up some of the fine ethnic nuances or understand the particularly Jewish outlook of the minor characters. So what, I planned to say, it doesn't matter because, you see, Levine is no mere ethnic, he talks about so many common experiences like pride and happiness, anyone can understand. The old Levy's Rye ad came to mind. You really don't have to be Jewish...
...there can be no doubt that the star athlete can and does exist at Harvard. They've never manufactured jocks at Cambridge, and they're not about to start now. "Athletic scholarship" is not in the vocabulary, "first round draft pick" a rare species...
...COLUMBIA: Ivy League football is tradition above all else, so why buck history and pick Columbia higher than last...
...decided on the first Saturday when Yale meets Brown, this season in Providence. This year will be no exception--the experts will be el wrongo and the season will some down to the final week with at least two teams in contention. Throw all the names in a hat, pick two and you'll be as close as anyone...
...Space Telescope, a 2.4 m (94 in.) mirror scheduled to be placed in orbit by the space shuttle in the early 1980s. Flying above the obscuring atmosphere, this observatory should pick up a variety of celestial phenomena, including infrared and ultraviolet radiation, and reveal hidden structural details of galaxies that may harbor black holes...