Word: picked
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...recount of the state's entire 1,869,000 vote seemed unavoidable. By law, a defeated candidate demanding a recount must pay $5 a precinct for it-a total of $21,805. The Detroit News sensibly suggested that this time, since everyone concerned was confused, the state should pick...
...request of India's Sr1¹1 Nehru, Sr1³3 Rana finally agreed to let the Indian government send in two planes to pick up Sr15 and friends. When they landed at New Delhi, Nehru came to meet the plane and a red carpet was rolled...
Between concerts in Kansas City, the Metropolitan Opera's Helen Traubel gave a progress report on her mystery novel Murder at the Met, scheduled for publication next year. "I have, oh, about 40 or more pages typed already. I hunt and pick at it and the process is very laborious, because I first write it out in longhand. I make notes on incidents and angles in the plot, then work it out in writing...
Officials of Wellesley College this week announced with evident satisfaction the results of a survey of 457 freshmen on what made them pick the school in the first place. By far the greatest number (42%) specified Wellesley's academic standards. Other chief reasons: Wellesley's prestige, a Wellesley tradition among family or friends. Only two girls said it was because Wellesley is just twelve miles from Harvard, 14 miles from M.I.T...
...consists of two small but complete microphone and amplifier units that attach directly to each ear, giving the advantage of binatural perception. Standard devices have only one mike to pick up sounds, usually the size of a package of cigarettes, and one amplifier behind...