Word: picked
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...effervescent drink tablet licked, dissolved and chugged by a whole generation of children. Fred Wehling, 51, president of Amerilab Technologies, was one of those kids. He remembers it all: the 29¢ his grandma gave him every week, the walk to the grocery store, meditating over which flavor to pick, hearing the tablet hit the water and fizz. The product, sweetened with cyclamate, died when the chemical was banned in 1969. "When the trademark became available," Wehling says, "I jumped on it immediately." The newly formulated Fizzies--with their old look--shipped out in May to fanfare and fan mail...
Player to Watch: Zak DeOssie. All-Ivy pick looks to be second straight Bear to nab Player of the Year honor...
BROWN The Bears return six starters on defense, but the five lost were each All-Ivy players last season. Senior linebacker and first team All-Ivy pick Zak DeOssie returns to anchor the rebuilding unit. The team also lost Ivy Player of the Year Nick Hartigan, a running back later cut by the Jets, so Brown will look to the air more with senior quarterback Joe DiGiacomo and senior wideout Lonnie Hill, both honorable mention All-Ivy picks last season...
...employers, internships provide a pool of raw but talented labor from which they can cherry-pick the best and brightest. Among college interns, 90% report job offers from their employers, says CareerExposure.com. Employers rank students' internships and job experiences above grade-point averages in hiring - not surprising in an era when companies from Lockheed Martin to NASA have to engage etiquette trainers to teach new hires just how to shake hands...
...responsible for the first time," she says. It wasn't easy. She arrived at work dressed in painted-on jeans, snapping gum and baffled by the most rudimentary office tasks. "I'd never used a fax or a copy machine," she says. "I used to pick up the phone, like, 'Uh, hello...