Word: pick
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Last week, the Bucks flipped a coin with the Suns to see who would pick first in the NBA draft and for the first time since the Braves left, Milwaukee sports fans smiled. From Pewaukee to Wauwatosa, everyone in Milwaukee knows that the Bucks have first shot at the big Lew in the draft, and now you know...
...have visitors. In each dorm there is a cadre of people who hang around the bells desk, serving their own purposes but also observing all the comings and goings. Everyone knows who everyone else spends time with and talks about it in the interest of friendship. Some girls pick their dates for their friends rather than themselves. Girls who don't go out at all feel miserable and inferior. They are instantly typed...
...have a thorough examination. In the unstructured way that most Americans guard their health, five or ten years may elapse between exams. Under the health plan, however, the aim will be on constantly-supervised care. The initial exam--accompanied by a barrage of "screening test"--may be able to pick up many potential problems long before they erupt. From the beginning, health plan physicians will emphasize nipping illness while it's easy to nip instead of waiting for the kind of full-scale disease that requires a trip to the hospital...
...Samshak is also concerned with the audience as an element in the art of theatrical performance. "When there is a full audience, there is a certain rapport between the audience, the actor, and the play." He said, "When the house is empty, the best you can do is to pick out a single person and try to please him." New crowds will allow more extensive advertising, and Samshak hopes the whole thing will snowball...
First Jet-Setter: Listen for our flight call to Katmandu, will you, darling? I want to pick up a maigret. Second Jet-Setter: While you're up, will you get me a simenon...