Word: pickup
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...also-ran: the sport only obnoxious, bloodthirsty goons follow. You won't find matches televised on ESPN anymore, since the ratings outside of the playoffs were apparently underwhelming. (The underdog upstart Versus network carries most National Hockey League games now.) And the chances of happening upon a pickup game at the neighborhood rink? Unless that neighborhood sits squarely on the 49th Parallel, the chances are about as high as the score of an average hockey game...
...high school seniors, May 1 was D-Day. Decision Day. After weeks of weighing the pros and cons, they had until the last mail pickup on Friday to postmark a deposit to reserve a spot in next year's freshman class. In this spring of economic certainty, many nationally known schools are sweating over whether they'll enroll, or "yield," enough students to fill the class - an outcome officials won't know for sure until all the deposits are tallied over the coming weeks. But in a tiny corner of Kentucky, one little college is doing just fine. Berea College...
...LaSorda says much of the work needed to put Fiat's vehicles in compliance with U.S. emission standards and safety regulations has already been completed since talks between the two automakers actually started in March of 2008. "If you take a look at the (new regulations), the sales pickup opportunity is going to start in about 18 months so we're going to be perfectly timed to take advantage of it," said Jim Press, the former Toyota executive, who is now Chrysler's top salesman...
However, one glitch in the process remains—instead of going to the box office like everyone else, students using SEF must visit a separate table at the door of the event to pick up their tickets. While trivial at first sight, this pickup procedure reinforces socioeconomic divisions on campus by singling out some of the poorest students at Harvard...
...Mexican who's usually in control of his world. "I don't panic or scare easily," says Rojas, a business owner and rancher from the Mexican border city of Juárez. But last year narcos, or drug traffickers, moved into his upscale neighborhood--punks in cowboy attire and sparkling pickup trucks buying expensive homes. Rojas and his neighbors were awakened at night or horrified in broad daylight by assault-rifle fire and the screaming of tires as cars raced away after kidnappings. One afternoon, local children watched as a pickup rammed down the door of a house, sparking...