Word: picked
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...days' work. But not anymore. Every morning now, when her husband Robert checks the cattle on their 500-acre spread near the border at Douglas, Ariz., he sees "heads poppin' up all over in the mesquite bushes," says Helen. Several times, bands of illegal immigrants tried to steal their pick-up and break into the Hoffmans' house under the tall cottonwoods...
...rest, like me, realize that you have to pick a few that you truly love, and let yourself be devoted to them. I never saw myself as someone who would place an activity over my classes, but The Crimson has often won that battle. Just leave yourself open to finding something you'll truly love. Your resume will take care of itself...
...credit, Bush managed to pick his way through the Graham minefield with surprising grace, metamorphosing in a few short weeks from casual executioner into the sorrowful presence so evident on Thursday night's execution coverage. That composed exterior may become quite familiar as the campaign wears on, says Professor Cal Jillson, chair of the Political Science Department at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. "The Bush staff is starting to get a handle on how to deal with these executions," he says. "On Thursday, everything about Bush was studied: His voice, his expression, his body language. He wants to communicate that...
...increasingly remote - Barak and Arafat remain unable to bridge the gulf on key issues such as land and Jerusalem - the White House won't want to see the Israeli side mired in a parochial domestic dispute. It must be tempting, at this stage, for Washington to simply offer to pick up the tab for the rabbis' school system...
Nanobots are the workhorses of the nano-manufacturing world. They are, as the name implies, nanometer-scale robots that use tiny arms to pick up and move atoms and tiny electronic brains to direct the process. There are two basic types of nanobots: general assemblers and a special class of assemblers known as self-replicators...