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Word: picks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...then there's the voice. It's a Buggsy Moran kind of bark, and he uses it to alternately chide and cajole his players, and to pick apart the opposing team's game from the sidelines. And occasionally, just occasionally, he'll do a little ref-baiting...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pete Carril Keeps on Pluggin' | 2/18/1978 | See Source »

...upset was not in the cards last night, leaving but one Ivy powerhouse for the Crimson to pick off this year. That change comes tonight, when first-place Penn comes to the IAB. If the Harvard cagers want to play a spoiler role in this year's race, tonight is their last chance...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Tiger Cagers Break Loose, Tame Crimson, 79-65 | 2/18/1978 | See Source »

...president of the club, Stanton said she hopes to expand club activities, especially to increase participation in political campaigns. "Since this is an election year, we hope to pick up on political involvement," she said...

Author: By Brian L. Zimbler, | Title: Democratic Club Chooses First Female President | 2/16/1978 | See Source »

...predictable yet hilarious task. They begin lined up along the downstage edge of the stage. The dancer furthest to the right swivels her hips and raises her arms overhead, imitating a Spanish dancer. She proudly shuffles her way forward, bumping the next dancer into motion. The two continue to pick up the third and so on. As the music stops, the five pose as a compressed wedge of Spanish soul. What is interesting is seeing the different persona each dancer projects in executing the same action: Elizabeth Garren first, splaying her arms with a measured deadpan delivery; then Wendy Perron...

Author: By Susan A. Manning, | Title: The Logic of Movement | 2/14/1978 | See Source »

...Cambridge. Princeton and Yale, the meet's co-favorites, faced no such problem. "We felt we had to come," said Princeton mentor Janie Tyler. "It's just that once we did, we had to walk to the Hyatt from Central Square with our luggage because no taxis would pick us up." It wasn't so much the walk through the snowdrifts that bothered the Tigers but the fact they had to carry their luggage. They're not used to that...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: 'It's Not the Meet, It's the Motion' | 2/13/1978 | See Source »

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