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We have several plays with people setting picks for me to get me open. I've hit several clutch shots at the end of a quarter or the end of a half.

We have seen some really big winners this week. Today was no different. With one-day gains on the earnings picks from four to six percent and momentum picks up as much as eighteen percent, I am quite sure the users were happy.

The parallel people often use is the California gold rush. People got rich selling picks and shovels.

There are guys who may have bigger numbers, and guys who may be bigger and faster, but Bruce has all of that. He may be one of the safest picks in the draft this year.

There are good fundamental reasons that mean copper prices won't come down in the near term. A series of potential supply disruptions have not resulted in the loss of much metal, but with stocks falling at a time when demand usually picks up, no one will (sell) it.

We love to see the ball in the air. We love opportunities to get picks ... so we're kind of fired up.

The players are still behind the manager. He's the man in charge. He picks the squad and the team and the players respect him.

When you are picking at 53, it is hard because there are 52 picks in front of you and a lot of teams are picking twice. You will have a better feel what is going to be at 53 once you get through the first round because we put down everyone's needs so once they draft in the first round you can focus in on what is going to happen in the second.

We will make sure that all the hot spots and smoldering areas are put out for the simple fact that if the wind picks up, we'll be in trouble.

We have 20 first-round picks in camp and we will go through growing pains. But it will make the core team of prospects stronger and we won't change our strategy.

When someone picks up the phone and calls 9-1-1, they want someone to come and save them, and they want someone who has the ability to do it.

The defense might be a little angry. Anytime the fans are into it, it trickles down. If they're booing him every time and are on him, I'm sure the defense picks it up and maybe give him an extra shot.

You can't do television shows caring whether or not the network picks you up. You can only do them enjoying the work, because if you're always on pins and needles about whether you'll be picked up, you'll lose your mind. I learned that the hard way.

There is still a chance for loan growth to slow further, but the Chinese government is slowly loosening. If loan growth picks up, it will be good for banks.

This week we saw some really great picks in the software. The newest version updates automatically and performs the scan faster than ever.

Those two have been bad picks. The Saints' early-round picks just haven't lived up to expectations under this staff.

Those three picks are good for the kids, good for the franchises and good for the league. When it played out that way, I thought, 'Well, that's good.' It brings some recognition to the community and the players.

What's been done in the past I really have no control over. Frankly, I like the fact that we have kind of a blank canvas with some young talent, some very good draft picks and a chance to really build.

We knew going into the draft we weren't going to get all of them to come in. If we can get 50 percent of the draft picks to training camp, we will be doing extremely well.

When you make those decisions, it is hard because you know you have to let down people who are playing well. I just wish we had that sort of competition everywhere in the team. Two of our best players form-wise have not been getting a game, but I don't have that dilemma elsewhere. The rest of the team really picks itself.

We expect the fourth quarter to be pretty dismal, and the first six months of 2002 could be unexciting. Then it picks up from there. On a comparative basis, it'll look nicer than this year. I think we'll be up high single to a low double digits.

We're going to attempt to get as many people as we can signed to extensions and hopefully get our draft picks in on time.

Toward the end of the sixth round, a lot of teams started calling and telling me they had picks left and they would like to get me if they could.

We could trade up, we could trade back. I really don't know. . . . We'll see how the picks unfold in front of that.

As SSA picks up more and more distressed companies, it will quickly become SSA versus Microsoft, Oracle, and SAP,

The touchdowns to the number of picks is just a remarkable number for anybody at any time.

I see myself in a World Cup final for the U.S.A., playing against a top-notch team everyone picks to winand we just come out and blast them. One day when Im holding that trophy, someones gonna take a picture. Oh, man. That is going to be huge.

I've been working on timing and getting my hands in the right position, just trying to get that feel back. It's hard to explain. You can do it in batting practice and you can do it in the cage, but to get in the game and to be able to settle your nerves a little bit and get in that mode when you can still get your swing off when the velocity picks up and you start facing off-speed pitches. I'm trying to find that rhythm, that timing.

The same computers that make it impossible for you to cheat on your income tax can ensure that the blood of your group is in the ambulance that picks you up from a car smash.

The SEAA affords customers the ability to get transferred instantly when calling in. They know as soon as the system picks up they can say a name or department and get connected.

These sorts of funds have set themselves up to outperform by virtue of the fact that individual picks can really make a difference.

the suggestion that this Parliament should pass a new tax law so that the taxpayer picks up some of the obligations will not be agreed to.

I used to tell my graduate students at Stanford, 'Don't worry about what job you have to pick because your job picks you. Let your job pick you. Find something you are passionate about. Then when you are passionate, be persistent. Just keep doing it for a while because progress is always hard work. It never rests in ideas.'

Sometimes your offense picks up your pitching, and I do believe that our pitching will pick up our offense more often than it will let us down. Tonight we needed the offense and we had the offense. A win is a win.

Sacred Heart really picks up the defense when they can smell the defeat. They are a good ball team with a lot of big-game experience that we are lacking right now. When they have a chance to finish you off, they do it.

Sager is kind of deceptive. He's got good feet, picks his holes well and is a good hitter. Morse is a kid who hits you hard.

(Pre-draft trades) do happen from time to time, like Denver and San Francisco. But a lot of the reasons teams don't do picks for picks before the draft is because you want to go on the clock. You want to see if anyone calls during your allotted time because you might get a better deal.

Really, I expect the light volume to probably last until the Fed stops raising interest rates, and that will kind of depend on the economic outlook that we see, in terms of how much growth we have at the end of this interest-rate cycle. It really tells me that there is a lack of conviction from the buyers and a lack of conviction from the sellers, ... And it's somewhat psychological because people have their stocks, they're down, they don't want to sell them. And that's only been going on for, what, two or three months now? The real question is, after six or seven or eight months and stocks are still down -- will people start selling at that point? And maybe the volume picks up at that point.

Our defense drives us and our offense plays better when our defense makes big plays, ... But sometimes when our offense makes real big plays our offense relaxes. But Chase is doing a great job settling in and running this offense. Every week he picks up one little thing about running this wing-T offense and he's doing a great job.

Offensively, he is pretty gifted. He has good get-up and once he picks up the puck, he creates a lot of space and his release on his shot is college-level. We have put him onto the second line and that has given us two real good scoring units.

After a win like this, it just picks you right up. Practice is going to be really energetic, there's going to be laughter on the bus - everything's going to be on a different level. That's what winning does for you.

Storm water is a source of pollution, because there are pollutants in our environment that the storm water picks up.

Stuff still gets out. (The media) are able to predict, almost to the T, the first 15 picks (of the first round). But you try your best to keep it in-house.

Something in-between is probably where we are. While the economy remains weak, inflation will gradually grind down. When the economy picks up, it's unlikely then that inflation will grind down further.

Some people look at it as a negative because of the way they hold the ball or whatever, but every quarterback is different. If that's the way he's programmed, then so be it. If he's successful with it, why change it? Over the long haul, quarterback is so hard to figure out anyway, seeing how many first-round picks don't make it, and how many lower-round picks do.

So while some special factors may be boosting spending, the overall trend of spending is well out of line with income growth. This tells us that this spending trend is unsustainable unless consumer income growth picks up sharply.

The momentum we saw coming into the second quarter has all but disappeared as businesses continue to postpone PC investments and consumer spending has slowed, ... Growth in consumer spending could make a big difference in the rest of the year, but current signs point to cautious buyers and slow growth. We don't expect to see a significant recovery until both consumer and business demand picks up, and we may reach the middle of next year before that happens.

Draft picks today are your currency, your life blood. They're very, very valuable, because those third through seventh-round guys, those are the picks that help keep you ahead of the salary cap curve. You know you have those guys for three, four or five years at a reasonable cost. Especially anybody after the first round. That's why drafting in the cap era is even more important.

Companies don't want to give out information about where their employees are surfing. Microsoft was not pleased when Amazon.com showed the top book picks by its employees.

AOL ( AOL ), ... is one of our top picks right now. We think there are two issues that have clouded this story. One was Internet access pricing models and the threat of Microsoft. The other was the cable modem issue. We think when they report their third quarter this September, we'll see indications that investors do not need to be concerned about the pricing issue. And that is going to be continued positive news for AOL stock.

Antoine Hood has been amazing. He picks our heads up and makes us better players. No one can replace him. It's unbelievable what he's done in his time at Air Force.

Anthony is our motor. He runs the show and when he picks it up, everything rolls.

A play like that really is an emotional lift that picks up everyone. He turns his body and knifes through there. You don't have to give him much of a crack.

Anytime somebody picks somebody else over you, it's motivating. The Bills went and picked this young kid to play ahead of me. I don't think it was the right decision. I still don't. I want to go out and prove I can still get it done. The ability to throw the ball effectively, accurately and all over the field is still there. When that goes away, I think you'll see me tip my cap and hand it off to somebody else.

Anytime Joey Porter comes back on any defense, it's going to be a positive. He's one of our leaders on defense. He comes to play every day. Some days you might be dragging, and you see No. 55 out there, and it picks you up. He plays with a high motor. He's just one of those guys who loves to play the game.

As a congressman, I've never called for a ban. We've called for a full disclosure of the risks involved... Patients have a right to know that this is a very powerful and dangerous drug, and knowing all that, if they still wish to take it, then they can. But we know doctors are not adequately explaining it to the patients, pharmacists are not adequately discussing this with the person who picks up the prescription.

That's why we're 2-0 right now. It's created tons of points and taken points away from teams. We need to keep doing that. It's going to be tough for us because we've got some amazing numbers. We've got one guy with three picks and three guys with a pick in one game, that's a huge bonus for us offensively and defensively.

You run out of things to say about Pedro. As he goes, the rest of the team goes. Our energy level picks up a notch when he pitches.

You stop a player like that if you don't have (to stop) all the other players around her. She picks her moments, she lets the game come to her and she's just very seasoned.

This is his time of year. He heats up and picks the club up and takes it. He's getting a lot of big hits and big home runs. We run him out there and turn him loose.

This is a person who has a long history in Wisconsin including as a former legislator and as a member of the governor's administration. The governor always picks the people who are best for the jobs.

This is a team that uses high picks on linemen. When they drafted us, they expected us to be successful. And right now that's apparent.

This is not just a job about monetary policy anymore. Whoever Bush picks will be seen as a great economic spokesperson, period.

This has been a long process. You have to be patient. Whether someone picks me or not, you just have to want it.

They run him off all kinds of screens and picks to get him open. He's a great player.

They say it takes two to three years to really get the West Coast offense down. I think that's the reason why a lot of top picks struggle early on - because they don't have the guys around them and the offenses they're running are pretty complex. Obviously Alex is in a situation where they'd like him to play right away, which puts a little more pressure on him. At the same time, I put pressure on myself to be great every day in practice and in the games, and I will be. It's just going to take a little bit.

Ambrose, a real solid guy, will retire unless someone picks him up. He's a fine guy and he worked his fanny off to make our football team.

They might be peaking at the right time. It's playoffs time, and everyone picks things up at this time of the year.

They make their picks for their office pool, and now that they've thought about it, they think Boston College will beat Pacific by eight points.

There may be 25 players out there we feel are potential guys that would be first-round picks regardless of where we pick. We have to bring to some kind of organizational order to who brings the most value to us. That's something that's a work in progress.

They're just a great team down low. If you shut one down, the other one picks up the pace.

There's a lot of scenarios. You could have three confirmation hearings at the same time if the president picks someone on the current court to become the next chief justice.

At labor market turning points, the household survey does better because it picks up self-employed workers and others not reflected in the business survey. But I'm still not convinced the labor market is quite as strong as the household data say it is.

It's easier to be with three of your best friends and we keep each other entertained. One cries and the other three picks her up.

It's a whole different atmosphere at playoff time. The defense picks up, and every possession counts. You have to play with a purpose.

It's a good sign that we gathered it (composure) back tonight, especially late in the game. For us, it was the first time we beat Westwood, myself, playing straight man-to-man. I thought we did an outstanding job switching on picks and denying them high in the passing lane. I thought hat was kind of the difference in the game.

It picks up. You're facing these guys twice a year. They know you, and you know them, so the intensity is there. It's a game we've got to win.

It picks up ambient noises in the cockpit, switch movements, it picks up any noise, really. We can even analyze the frequency of the engines and determine how fast they were rotating by listening to the cockpit voice recorder.

I told them to set picks for each other. I told Chris Thompson to get it inside to Ryan Grayson or Cortez. Cortez got the rebound and put it back up.

It's very disappointing, but it's something that happens. It happened to us today. Yeah, it hurts. It's going to hurt for the rest of the day. We know tomorrow's a new day. We've got to keep our heads up and hope the NCAA realizes what we did in the pre-conference schedule and in the conference and picks us.

It's not just what you spend on the major-league payroll. In the last year we've purchased a Double-A franchise (in Springfield, Mo.), paid more than double for early-round draft picks and opened an academy in the Dominican Republic. We've made a much greater investment in international scouting and player development. Perhaps those things aren't as apparent as major-league payroll, but they're there and they have tremendous significance.

It just picks up the pace of the game. We wanted them to play the way we want to play.

It's already out there now. It's just like it happened last year, one guy starts to complain about it, the next guy picks it up a few games later when they hit a ball pretty decent. Then it starts to spread. To say management doesn't care about winning, that's way off base.

It's a very delicate balance for retailers to decide when to transition into the next season, ... Some retailers hope launching back-to-school lines early will result in better margins. But if a clothing chain picks out a trend and puts it into stores too early and that trend flops with consumers, it leads to lost dollars. Retailers don't want to be stuck with extra inventory so they'll start putting out the sales signs fast.

That made a big difference. They come out there, starting it up, and everyone else picks it up.

That really pumped us up. When our offense clicks, our defense picks up and the rest of our game picks up.

Each number is choreographed by a student, who picks out the costumes, too. Sometimes, they even make them.

Everybody picks everybody up and no one leaves with their head down. The team won't allow it. It's not coach (Dan) Stander, it's us.

The best thing for this football team was to use the first pick in this draft to add a premier player at another position. Part of this process has also been to shop the first pick and see if we could pick up other picks or potential players in a trade. Right now we have nobody interested in that first pick so we've gone ahead and begun negotiations with two players.

Still, every week we see something else kick in for Wayne. He picks up something new every game, and he's obviously a great athlete.

The best option is when a player picks it up himself by his level of performance. He genuinely has a passion for the game and plays on a daily basis like he enjoys it. That is representative of the attributes we want in our players.

It's definitely unusual. We heard about that from a lot of people. They congratulated us. Usually, you have one maybe that makes a team. But to have a rookie free-agent class like this is special. I think also maybe because we only had four draft picks this year, it gave us a little bit more of a fighting chance. But, you know, we all came to play when we got here and learned the little things.

It's big for the fans to see some of these picks pan out because in the past a lot of them really didn't,

It seems Ed picks up fouls quicker than any guy I've ever had. And I don't know why. Ed is a very good basketball player and yet I don't think he ever gets recognized for that. He automatically gets tagged because he looks strong and muscular. Well, he's a very good player.

No team has really had to rebuild from this altitude in terms of where we started. So it's a very unconventional way of getting young players and draft picks in a very short period of time. This will actually help us tremendously.

It will be months before demand really picks up.

They just kept pecking away at us. We got casual and the shots we took are the shots you don't really like. That's what happens in this league so often, you lose your focus for a second or two and the other team picks it up and gets it back.

I want to start and so does he. Craig is better without the ball and coming off picks and shooting the ball. I'm a better pure point guard. I can set up my man, penetrate and dish.

Once she puts together the entire package, she could be one of the best players to come out of Albuquerque. But she still has a lot to work on. She doesn't always move well without the ball, she gets lazy at times and picks up silly fouls.

Not only do our top picks have to perform well at our test track, they have to get average or better reliability, according to our annual car reliability survey.