Word: picked
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...outflankers; the main body of the tourist army was applying itself assiduously to seeing America first, hitting the highways in the cool of the morning and getting into the best cabin courts by midafternoon. Thousands of Westerners and Southwesterners were reinstituting an old prewar custom-going to Detroit to pick up a new car and using the savings in freight charges to finance their trip. Almost every automobile company was cooperating enthusiastically; some not only guaranteed prompt delivery, but free showers, free food and free beds to those waiting for cars...
...second season at Harvard, Coach McInnis has yet to pick up a victory over Yale. Last year the Elis won 3 to 0 in New Haven and then squeaked out a 5 to 4 victory here. McInnis has brought the team along fast after a shaky start and the varsity will be favored this afternoon...
...councillor said he feels his work is the only thing to do, since, he contends, there are so many students who "are merely adolescents and pick up things from so-called 'smart' professors who are in reality advocating Communism...
Some of last year's incidents have died or been resolved in one way or another. Some have developed and their effects continue; we have attempted to pick them up where the first survey stopped. Twenty-six of this year's incidents are largely new, with most of their action occurring since last...
...ounce off more than $1.50 in a month and below the level where South Africa can make its premium sales pay. In France the price had tumbled to $38.25. In Milan and Hong Kong the story was the same. All over the world, said Manhattan's Franz Pick, publisher of a high-priced ($20 a month) report on world currencies, hundreds of small gold dealers were going out of business because of falling prices...