Word: tryout
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...seem very discriminating about the talent they recruit. I called both the Marlins and Rockies this week, advertising my 400 batting average during my senior year of high school (1 was 2 for 5 as a part-time outfielder for the Pasadena (Calif.) Polytechnic Panthers) and asking for a tryout...
...decided to try out, which was pretty darn terrifying. This was the one tough tryout. They taught us a series of steps which we were supposed to remember and actually perform. Like true dancers! With expression! And energy! I figured that if I remembered most of the steps, I would be lucky. Looking back, I realize I used much more concentration for these auditions than for any exam I've taken at this place...
Neumann never won an Ivy title, beat Yale as a starter or got a call to tryout for the pros. But ask the Kirkland senior about his carrer at Harvard and he's all smiles and good cheer...
...voters of New Hampshire play an odd role in the American political drama. Holding the first primary, the tiny state with relatively few minorities exercises a quaint, disproportionate fascination for the media and the rest of the country. The tryout in New Hampshire focuses the process and tests the scripts. New Hampshire voters relish their role as a sort of Council of the Wise. They choose their candidates with the care that others reserve for selecting a heart surgeon...
Laimbeer, the physical, nay, Neanderthalish Pistons power forward, has a point: the foundation, the cornerstone, the Magna Carta of sports is The Tryout. At a pro baseball game, players have tried out and made the team. The umps have gone through a rigorous process of schooling and elimination. Who knows? Maybe the best grass-snippers were selected to comprise the groundskeeping crews...