Word: picks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Wage costs for their crews are laughably low by U.S. standards-$97 a month for the master, $31 for an ordinary seaman. The vessels are fueled at costs that are fully 75% below those of other nations. Thus, under present circumstances the Soviet ships seem likely to pick up more and more cargo...
...tell ourselves that we wish to avoid awakening him in the morning by stumbling into the pack of dogs, but all we really want is to get out without seeing him again. We sneak back up the stairs to collect our belongings for transfer out to the garage. We pick our way past the dogs sleeping on the floors, under the tables around the chairs and up and down the stairs. None awaken. We stuff our clothes into our bags. One of my sneakers is missing. It was there in the morning. One of the dogs must have gotten...
...Pick a target: 4%, 5%-even...
Murray and Purdy once again combined to set up Harvard's third tally. Murray blazed into the offensive corner to pick up a loose puck and alertly saw Purdy streaking to the opposite corner. Murray sent the puck around the boards, and Purdy hit defenseman Jack Hughes with a pass at his right point position. Hughes, last season's ECAC Rookie of the Year, slapped a pill past the UVM goaltender. Hughes drilled two goals from his point position in the game...
...Pete Rozelle's School of Modern Dance, any idiot could pick the eight N.F.L. teams which will make the playoffs right now, blindfolded, even though there are still four games left to play. Denver, Oakland, Pittsburgh, and Baltimore in the A.F.C.; Dallas, St. Louis, Los Angeles, and Minnesota in the N.F.C. It's just that thrilling...