| 单词 | pickings |
| 例句 | They hoped, not without reason, for pickings of giant innards. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z From then on, with Yeller to tree the squirrels and Little Arliss to turn them on the tree limbs, we had pickings. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z The harvest was in and the pickings were good for quick hands and feet. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z It’s time-consuming to get there, but the waterfowl are such easy pickings you can make up for lost hunting time. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I shoot two fish, easy pickings in this slow-moving stream, and go ahead and eat one raw even though I've just had the groosling. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z That morning there were a lot of pickings; I soon filled the small basket I had with me. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The pickings from their rubbish heaps had become richer in consequence, and for the first time Tree-ear was able to forget about his stomach for a few hours each day. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z They circled out over the bay in search of better pickings. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z They've had lean pickings, this raggedy pair of highwaymen, Jemmy thought. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z More attention to her looks than these pullings of hairs and pickings at spots would have caused gossip among the villagers. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z All the same, Joe and Nancy couldn’t help but feel a slight glow as they gunned through the dusty wasteland toward where pickings were best. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Stone-dead she dropped into the sloshing bilge the way a tern plummets; and the sailors heaved her over as tender pickings for the seals and fish. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Great flocks of them have been migrating through here since I’ve arrived, and the pickings are easy. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Liccaro, with its corrupt regents and impoverished people, would be easy pickings. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The pickings at the commissary were always slim, however. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Well, the pickings must have been pretty lean,” said her husband thoughtfully. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z No one familiar with Mr. Callahan’s close-to-the-vest persona will be shocked to learn that, in the revelation department, pickings are slim. Movie Review: ‘Apocalypse’ Focuses on the Singer Bill Callahan 2014-05-01T22:41:54Z Wednesday night, while the party pickings were slim, there was a sense of fun and frivolity at two where guests were actually partying, not just posing. | Partying, Not Just Posing 2010-09-16T17:38:00Z It was easy pickings, Herzog told journalists at a news conference Wednesday ahead of the museum's public opening Saturday. Museum to showcase contemporary Latin American art 2013-03-21T15:01:09Z Since the pickings at the buffet are getting slim, Arlene and Holly resort to more cutthroat tactics to stay alive. RECAP: True Blood Watch: Lost and Found 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z The masculine pickings are a slim way out of Lizzie’s parched little town, but a couple of options bubble up. At Ford’s, a cool ‘110 in the Shade’ 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z She needs constant feeding and her blundering, alcoholic neighbours provide easy pickings. Let the Right One In: No 8 best horror film of all time 2010-10-22T10:47:00Z Oh, and someone from The Only Way is Essex – this is likely to be a ripe field of reality TV pickings for some years. Big Brother moves next door 2011-04-06T09:49:38Z I know a good man is hard to find, or certainly was in my searching days, but that doesn’t mean you should settle for slim pickings from the outset. My boyfriend cheated on me but I want to move in | Mariella Frostrup 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z Mr. Gottlieb also finds nothing but “slim pickings” when he tries to link the indelible children in Dickens’s novels to the more forgotten figures who really bore the Dickens name. Books of The Times: Robert Gottlieb’s Book on Dickens and His Children 2012-12-06T19:06:19Z What’s on the table for you right now is slim pickings. I’m obsessed with a married woman in Sweden – should I move there? 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z As of press time, however, the pickings are looking slim; even outdoor concerts are being canceled because of the surging delta variant. How to visit museums and more for free or for cheap in the Seattle area in fall 2021 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Slim pickings compared to Tuesday's parade of nutjobs, but at least Turkey put a decent amount of effort into its cockeyed boy band pirate ditty. Eurovision 2012: who shone brightest in the second semi-final? 2012-05-25T10:37:13Z After decades of warfare, Europe had entered a peaceful era of colonial trade, providing rich pickings at sea. Design: Skull and Crossbones as Branding Tool 2011-05-01T16:56:02Z “The pickings are kind of slim here,” said Ms. Brown, 31. For the Navajo Nation, a Fight for Better Food Gains New Urgency 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z Back in my so-called youth, the pickings were slimmer. The Wonderful Insanity of Collecting Abandoned Treasures on the Street 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z In fact, says Davis, far from carrying stigma, in Hollywood family comedy scripts are considered choice pickings. Why do comedy stars do family films? 2011-08-04T20:30:01Z And measured clarity didn’t quite work for Gabbard, who came off as sleepy and robotic — easy pickings. Hot mics, yikes: NBC's first Democratic debate became a reality TV audition round gone sideways 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z Walters' style was unique in a way that made her easy pickings for parody. Barbara Walters' friends and colleagues react to the news of her death at 93 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z For a society searching for anti-heroes it can believe in, pickings are slim. Marina Hyde's Lost in showbiz: high fives all round as Val Kilmer whoops about his new Top Gun mission 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z But beyond the street’s second block or so, the pickings got pretty thin. Berlin Shopping Stretch Is Reborn 2010-04-14T10:00:00Z For anyone who sees blockbuster cinema as the place the collective subconscious bubbles to the surface, the films are rich pickings. Alien: Covenant – why Ridley Scott's facehuggers and chestbursters will never die 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z Carrie Fisher was there — in spirit, or rather, in a quotation engraved on Zippo lighters given out as favors: “As you get older, the pickings get slimmer, but the people don’t.” Tell us what happened, Faye Dunaway! At the most elite Oscars party, A-listers had one question. 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z New Orleans is always a boozy environment, but the pickings are especially rich during Tales of the Cocktail, which draws spirit brands, bartenders and brand ambassadors from around the world. On Bourbon Street, daiquiris are frozen booze bombs. But they can be so much more. 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z For now, Turkey's emerging new directors look overseas for recognition and the richest pickings. Turkey's art house film-makers hope for further success 2012-11-02T13:23:50Z You’re no doubt imagining that moving into the future without him will be a life half lived, even though what he’s offering you is slim pickings when it comes to a relationship. My boyfriend cheated on me using Skype sex. Does it matter? 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z “It was slim pickings,” she said this week. Lilly Pulitzer for Target: They Came, They Waited, They Went Home Mad 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z As a result, Charlottes may soon be grasping for nicknames, and they may find slim pickings. What to Expect When Your Name is Charlotte 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z That leaves slim pickings for Mr. Kenny and the other grunts, not to mention restricted space-allocations for their reflections and comments. Review: ‘Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle’ Has Dwayne Johnson as a Nerd 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z Going into the season, observers griped that there were slim pickings for the best actress category. The Carpetbagger: With Apologies to John Hawkes and Marion Cotillard 2013-01-10T16:56:03Z But the concessions at a ballgame were plum pickings. It’s Showtime! Press Play to Hear the N.Y.C. That Used to Be 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z Still, you know, from the point of view of haute cuisine: slim pickings. Diner's Journal: Hey, Mr. Critic: Eat Your Way Down the L Line 2011-04-07T14:42:09Z As we travel south, however, pickings become more scarce – there appear to be only a few regular, non-London-based scribes. Local heroes 2010-06-04T15:11:00Z After a certain point, though, the advice pickings started to get slim, just as the challenges of my kids' teen years were kicking in hard. Parenting a teen is as intense as a baby, but very different. Why don't we talk about it more? 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z “Remember When,” for instance, might’ve been a corny assortment of family memories, easy pickings with Jackson’s middle-aged crowd. Alan Jackson remembers the good times at Nokia Theatre 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z Aerial shots depict this slum as a fetid, desiccated wasteland, in which the pickings are thin, even for scavengers. ‘Horses of God,’ Nabil Ayouch’s Film About Islamic Extremism 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z As he wrote in his 1995 autobiography, “Lettin It All Hang Out”: “When I did my show at Chameleon — on Sixth and A — I only made $18. It was slim pickings for me, very slim.” For RuPaul, A Second Act with ‘Drag Race’ 2014-02-21T22:38:50Z There are fewer photographs from the late ’70s than from earlier eras; the pickings, for a learned and well-read observer, were slimmer. He Was the Visual Voice of the Village Voice 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z Cruz, 37, was easy pickings for Depp, Marshall and the rest of the "Pirates" crew, who landed her without having to put out much bait. Sea Cruz: Pirate Penelope finds Depp a jolly mate 2011-05-11T15:01:06Z This Valentine's Day season, the pickings were grim if you were in the mood for a 2023 romantic comedy. It's time for Zoë Chao, rom-com sidekick, to take the lead 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z Tinder, Bumble and Hinge offer vast playing fields but slim pickings, so daters survive by wearing cynicism as armor, telling themselves that nothing matters and that they really don’t care. Netflix Finally Brings Romance to Reality TV 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z “As you get older, the pickings get slimmer, but the people don’t.” Postscript: Carrie Fisher, 1956-2016 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z She went on, “There just seems to be a desire for stuff about the royal family, stuff from the past, which is understandable, but it just makes it slim pickings for people of color.” ‘Bridgerton’ Takes On Race. But Its Core Is Escapism. 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z With cable and now subscriber services like Netflix in the game, the pickings for the broadcast networks are slimmer and slimmer. 2014 Emmy Nominations: What to Expect 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z These and other serious documentaries are all the more welcome because they arrive at the start of Hollywood’s silly season, when the pickings are slim for thoughtful films about thorny issues. The Human Rights Watch Film Festival Explores Social Justice 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z “The Olympics are somewhat easy pickings because they’re not American,” replies Bill Mallon, a historian and the author of 24 books on the Games. The Rio Olympics are ‘troubled.’ But aren’t they always? 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z And the pickings online for a simple yellow jumpsuit in plus-sizes were similarly slim. I wanted to go as Daenerys Targaryen or The Bride — but, apparently, badass costumes are not for fat girls. 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z The general delegate Thierry Frémaux, who is in charge of selection, admits that he had to scramble to find 19 films for the competition, slim pickings compared to the riches of the past. Cannes Opens to Darker Times 2010-05-11T11:00:00Z So far, it's been slim pickings indeed for Chicago amid the announcements of new touring productions of this season's Broadway hits. 'Book of Mormon' not the only show to pass up Chicago 2011-05-12T21:22:59Z In Britain, comedy fans have thin pickings as broadcasters have to respect rules on impartiality, and chatty panel shows, rather than hard-hitting satire, dominate the schedules. Brits still waiting for full Brexit comedy dividend 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z There is no shortage of medical corporations licking their lips at the rich pickings it represents — a mass of privatisable loot. The Spirit of '45 – review 2013-03-14T21:50:01Z The gay viewer has traditionally been so severely starved of onscreen visibility that even slim pickings and burnt offerings can be rustled up into a banquet of sorts. From Sean Connery to Harrison Ford: actors who secretly played roles gay 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z The middle of August in New York usually means slim pickings for dance. What’s Chinese About Chinese Ballet? 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z That makes Emmit ripe pickings for evil forces in the “Fargo” universe. In “Fargo,” the fight for truth and justice is a woman’s game 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z Cook points out that the Great North Road, connecting London with York, used to run through the forest, and offered rich pickings for robbers. Looking for Robin 2010-04-14T07:00:00Z He has a lousy beat in comedy -- he has to champion the truly middling because there are so many not-very-good "talents" on the scene, making for slim pickings. The Most Riveting Host in Late Night (and the Most Overlooked) 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z None of the stars, or the more prominent guests, attended the after-party, making it slim pickings for a social columnist. A Spice Girl at the Frick and Hugh Jackman’s Tight Sweater 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z These and other colorful personalities have provided rich pickings for Bean and his talented cast. 'Great Britain' taps phone-hacking laughs, but not for all 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z We were past peak oyster season and at the height of the summer tourist infestation, when pickings are slimmer. Oystering on Cape Cod 2010-08-18T13:46:00Z Erickson wonders who would advertise on such a network — he thinks the pickings would be very slim. What could a future Trump TV venture look like? Tune in here. 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z Her road is far more treacherous and, in a way, far more personal, a pretty woman easy pickings for the less-than-scrupulous coyotes. Harsh realities of immigration issue drive overly earnest 'Frontera' 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z He’s a pragmatist and negotiator, not a heavy — fearsome in the boardroom, but easy pickings for Hanzee. ‘Fargo’ Season 2, Episode 5: The Butcher of Luverne 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z In public, he is garrulous and a little eccentric, rich pickings for the fans who delight in seeing that outrageousness up close. Al Pacino: ‘What’s the point of quitting?’ 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z When Reese complained, the agent said half the women in Hollywood were battling for this role, because that’s how slim the pickings were. Perspective | Reese Witherspoon is selling frilly Southern womanhood, and I’ve been sucked in, y’all 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z With the former Portuguese colony thought to be home to some of the world's biggest untapped coal reserves and enough natural gas to power Western Europe for more than a decade, the pickings are rich. Soap operas give Brazil the edge in Mozambique rush 2012-12-21T15:35:14Z "I thought it was going to be like a rout, easy pickings to pick off last year's revenue record," said Hollywood.com analyst Paul Dergarabedian. 'Snow White' puts bite on box office with $56.3M 2012-06-03T19:26:09Z Yes, I'm perfectly aware that this show is a strange choice for Friday-night television viewing, but it's late August, and the pickings are slim. Friday TV Picks: 'Karaoke Battle USA' on ABC 2011-08-25T18:09:05Z The category will be a game of one-on-one between “Saturday Night Live” and “A Black Lady Sketch Show” in a year of slim sketch pickings. Diversity, firsts and more facts from the Emmy nominations 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z Easy pickings, I thought, as I tore after him. The Swiss Alps on an Electric Bicycle 2011-08-26T19:00:31Z The Libertines' fleeting reunion – there are no plans yet for a more permanent rapprochement – may provide rich pickings. US veterans dominate summer festivals in year of the reunion 2010-04-06T17:50:00Z FOR years now dance audiences — especially those interested in progressive, contemporary work — have suffered through terribly slim pickings when it comes to New York’s summer festivals. The Week Ahead: June 24 — 30 2012-06-26T05:01:01Z Even as they replied, “That’s cool,” I could almost hear them thinking: “Must be slim pickings out in Oregon.” When Your Greatest Romance Is a Friendship 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z With Turkey going through an economic, political and cultural transformation, there are rich pickings for film-makers. Turkey's art house film-makers hope for further success 2012-11-02T13:23:50Z For those not watching Comic Relief tonight, there are politely slim pickings on the other channels, though this dedicated Irish folk night is one of the best options. Tonight's TV highlights: Placido Domingo Gala 2011-03-18T00:05:00Z Greenblatt kept a list of others who might, many of them actresses over 40, a category for whom Hollywood pickings are famously slim. The Age of Laura Linney 2010-07-28T20:52:00Z But for many, those sites are too remote, and even then, the pickings are often slim. Rising Rents Leave New York Artists Out in the Cold 2014-03-07T15:00:05Z Those looking to disparage the press will find the pickings easy — as unfair as that may be. Perspective | ‘Like feeding seagulls at the beach’: Comey’s unflattering view of news media 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z She enriched her pickings with old tiles and fragments of stone or metal that embodied particular shapes and hues. Review: Transforming Trash Into Treasure 2010-07-26T11:30:00Z For those of you who want science fiction for grown-ups there are still some good pickings out there: "The Arrival", "The Expanse" series, "Under the Skin". ‘Avengers,’ the Most Lucrative Movie Franchise Ever, Is Wrapping Up. Why? 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z But when it comes to the ladies, it's slim pickings. What's wrong with Hitchcock's women 2010-10-21T20:30:00Z But the pickings of more serious drama are slimmer indeed. Perspective | How the Kennedy Center’s theater chief sniffs out Broadway-worthy winners 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z With the city’s affordable housing crisis showing little signs of slowing, Varas said, the resulting street pickings were, sadly, all too revealing. Masks Off, Wallets Out: Art Basel 2022 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z She makes the case, without belaboring it, that these women were lost long before they were dead, “collateral damage, easy pickings for a serial killer.” 'The Grim Sleeper' is the story of the South L.A. serial killer and the women who were his victims 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z So I spend a day scouring my old haunts to see if the pickings were still plentiful. T Magazine: The Paid Piper 2012-11-12T18:00:13Z It would be easy pickings, coming up with the Worst of 2020: The decision boils down to one clinical term defining a medical, social and cultural disruption unlike any in our lifetimes. Perspective | Best theater of 2020: Sondheim’s birthday, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ Mary Neely, ‘The Amen Corner’ and more 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z When conventional religious constructs become bullies, as we see happening in the Middle East or many places of the world, you’ve got rich pickings for a television show. Lucy Lawless Explains Why 'Salem' Is a New Kind of TV Horror 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z But to a 19th-century American, this stuffed schedule might well look like slim pickings. Measuring America’s Shakespearean Devotion 2014-03-19T20:47:10Z The alt-right would be easy pickings for a more competent demagogue. A Political Movement, Defining Itself by What It Hates 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z “We want to find someone we can talk to. And be ourselves with. That’s fairly slim pickings.” Miley Cyrus: 'You Can Just Be Whatever You Want to Be' 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z Rough stuff, but it was slim pickings on “Update” this week: Pinkett Smith was the only guest on the news segment. 'Saturday Night Live': Bad Bunny pulls double duty with the help of Pedro Pascal and Mick Jagger 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z The pickings may have been slim in 1920s Oklahoma, but it’s also difficult to comprehend why Mollie, who is stoic but shrewd, would fall for someone as transparently sleazy as Ernest. 'Titanic' made Leonardo DiCaprio a Hollywood heartthrob. He's been avoiding it ever since 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z During the tourist season, the beaches at Charmouth are patrolled by fossil wardens whose job it is to warn visitors against the riskiest behaviour, and steer them towards the easier pickings near the shoreline. Jurassic Coast cliff falls tempt fossil hunters 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z This was the predictable Michigan team that we fans knew to quite dislike, easy pickings for the late Don James in that Rose Bowl. One fan wonders what memories UW can create in Nebraska or New Jersey 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z He said because of the pressure on health boards they were "going through the easy pickings or low hanging fruit." Eye care: Wales faces tidal wave of blindness - doctor 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z Those waters also provide an abundance of easy pickings for amateur hunters. Attention beachgoers: Everything you think you know about sharks is probably wrong 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z Italy's patchwork of specialist artisan workshops and family-owned labels offer particularly rich pickings for larger companies with the cash to cement relationships through investment. Focus: Italy's luxury groups set aside rivalries to keep it local 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z For early-state Republican voters hoping for more personal attention on the Fourth, the pickings will be plentiful — just not Mr. Trump. The Republican Not Heading to a July 4 Parade? Trump. 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z As trash pickings become so much slimmer, competition for them has grown fiercer. Record inflation has hit even Lebanon's garbage. 'Trash just isn’t like it used to be' 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z The New Straits Times reported that foreign treasure hunters used homemade explosives in 2015 to detonate the heavy steel plates on the ships for easy pickings. Malaysia detains Chinese barge on suspicion of looting WWII British warship wrecks 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z Conglomerates are seen offering rich pickings for investor activists in Japan, which has become one of the world's most popular destinations for those looking for targets with big potential for change. Investor pressure builds for Seven & i shake-up, including 7-Eleven spin off 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z The pickings were slim — the apartments she saw were either very small or in such a state of disrepair that they would have required significant renovations. Retired and Buying a Starter Home. It’s Forever. 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z The thefts can take as little as a minute, he said, and are “easy pickings” for crews searching for favored makes and models of cars. With thefts still high, California Prius drivers wait months for new catalytic converters 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z "Given they already have slim pickings when it comes to raising capital, nervous investors won't help the situation," said Rachel Gillette, partner and leader of Holland & Hart's cannabis practice. High & Dry: Banking crisis to further choke funding for cannabis sector 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z Keepers who repeatedly come running out of their goalmouths in an attempt to win the ball are either often easy pickings for any decent striker or invariably give a penalty away. Who is a nailed on selection? Garth Crooks' Team of the Week 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z Even looking for space nine months before Seda’s February show, she said, meant slim pickings. Interesting ways space for artists is being carved out in expensive Seattle 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z Here’s a look at a few prime pickings from what we published at Scientific American this year. This Year’s Most Thought-Provoking Brain Discoveries 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z Gardens and parks are easy pickings for rats: verdant spaces with fencing that’s easy to squeeze through or nonexistent. D.C.’s great rat migration — and how they survived during the pandemic Slim pickings compared with past years, leaving two NFC West players who had become afterthoughts suddenly very much top of mind for franchises that covet a seasoned quarterback. Analysis | The top free agent quarterbacks just might be Geno Smith and Jimmy G. 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z Though it seems like slim pickings for mushrooms this year, we talked to experts to find out what you should know if you do go foraging this fall and winter. WA may see its ‘worst foraging season’ in decades. What to know if you do go mushroom hunting 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z She looked around at the opportunities available to her as a Black woman in the South, and the pickings were slim. How One Woman Risked the Great Migration, and Found Opportunity in a New Life 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z “The pickings were slim, so to speak. But I’m grateful I got some stuff,” said Melt as she packed her food items into a pushcart, preparing for a bus ride home. Inflation, spending cuts undermine Biden's hunger policy 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z Instead, in recent years, auditors often went after easier pickings, none more low hanging than taxpayers claiming the earned income tax credit. The IRS is getting a lot more money for audits. Should you be worried? 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z Trees stressed by extreme weather become easy pickings for marauding insects and fungi. As many as one in six U.S. tree species is threatened with extinction 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z There have been easier pickings elsewhere for entrepreneurs in Singapore, the Philippines and the Pacific. Why Australia will work harder to build ties with Indonesia 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z Thatcher’s decade in power, through war and peace, boom and bust, also offers rich pickings for acolytes to choose from. Maggie’s legacy: Divisive Thatcher looms over UK Tory race 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z When you have a low density of individuals, it’s like living in a small town where the pickings are slim. Perspective | The birds and the bees can be tough for some birds 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z When there are slim pickings, you end up with eyesores like these. Google’s Pixel Watch will reportedly have an Apple-like range of straps 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z And he’s adding more to infrastructure projects, but not nearly enough given the easy pickings of windfall money. I covered the first $3-billion budget in 1963. Now Newsom could crack $300 billion 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z However, there have been slimmer pickings since then, with no Premiership side making the last four in each of the past two seasons. 'Lower salary cap harming English teams in Europe' 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z On a day whose overt theme is glorious victory, however, the Ukraine war offers “very, very slim pickings,” said James Nixey, who heads the Russia-Eurasia program at Chatham House, a British think tank. Triumphal Russian holiday marks potentially perilous moment for Ukraine in war 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z “Easy pickings,” said the former Marine and retired computer specialist from Queens. $87.50 for 3 minutes: Inside the hot market for videos of idling trucks 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z These expectations ran headlong into the reality of shopping in a frenzied sellers’ market where the pickings were slim and the prices astronomical. They rushed to buy in the pandemic. Here’s what they would change. 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z Just like a dealership, Carvana needs to offer a selection of cars to choose from, not just slim pickings. A robot bought my seven-year-old car for more than I paid brand-new 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z When the temperature was in the lower 50s, cicadas made easy pickings. Perspective | While the cicadas of 2038 slumber, scientists are reviewing what they learned from 2021’s Brood X 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z Going forward, the pickings will be much slimmer. Much of state’s unemployment fraud loss likely won’t be recovered 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z “The vehicles are all around us, no entry required, so car alarms are ineffective. This is easy pickings.” Washington state lawmakers considering bills to crack down on theft of catalytic converters 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z She noted, though, that the valuation gap between growth and value stocks has narrowed, so the pickings are slimmer. After Another Great Year for Stocks, Peril Lingers 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z In the meantime, it’s easy pickings for companies such as Quantum 3 Media. Column: Don't try to reach this robocaller. It doesn't pick up the phone 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z While many dealers are still trying to push end-of-year showroom traffic in this year of shortages, shoppers will most likely find the pickings slim and prices high. Tips for Buying a Used Car 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z But Proposition 47 critics contend that the measure sent a signal that stores are easy pickings for shoplifting. After smash-and-grab thefts across California, is it time to reconsider Proposition 47? 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Amid a spike in thefts of catalytic converters — the emissions-control devices that contain precious metals which can be sold for scrap — Washington lawmakers are grappling with how to make the pickings a little less easy. Washington state lawmakers considering bills to crack down on theft of catalytic converters 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z While I don't think we are, Jones is right to say, given the breakthrough problem and diminishing returns, that easy pickings are scarce and getting scarcer. Is science stuck? The "Great Stagnation Debate," explained 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z But its been slim pickings since, amplified by a decade of drafting futility and bad luck, capped by a showdown with onetime future franchise star Eichel. Jordan Eberle scores first hat trick in franchise history as Kraken dispatch Sabres 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z The pickings are a bit slimmer for who we have remaining and we'll go with CINCINNATI. A tough time for Packers to be short-handed -- at Arizona 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Under steady pressure, he had his first multiple turnover game and his first interception was easy pickings for Taylor’s touchdown. No 12 Oklahoma State rallies late to beat No. 25 Texas 32-24 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z And even if critical shortages can be averted, slow deliveries could make for slim pickings this Christmas and Hanukkah. Biden Announces Measures at Major Ports to Battle Supply Chain Woes 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z "It is your pickings, it is your time, the position of control and power is in your court slightly," Mr Arora said. Covid: 'Crazy' period for recruitment puts workers on top 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z It made for easy pickings for Murphy, who also intercepted another pass from Lawrence in the first half. Cards use Pick-6 to overcome Kick-6, beat Jaguars 31-19 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z Santa Barbara has its benefits, like the ocean and mountains, but I’ve found that the pickings are slim in this dating pond. L.A. Affairs: On our third date, I dropped a potential deal-breaker. I'm bipolar 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z A: There are slim pickings out there, but a couple of veteran centermen could make sense. Kraken mailbag: Will a physical style of play work for Seattle? When will ROOT Sports debut programming? 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z There are not many Wear OS manufacturers left to compete with, so for Android users looking for a full-featured watch the pickings are slim. Fossil announces new smartwatches for 2021 that won’t have Wear OS 3 until 2022 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z But the reality TV pickings remain slim beyond RuPaul’s “Drag Race” empire. Seattleite Corey Lay goes on MTV’s ‘The Challenge,’ other reality shows to provide visibility, break stereotypes 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z Turning to a veteran might not be the answer, either, since there are slim pickings on the free agent market, with Olivier Vernon, Everson Griffen and Trent Murphy probably the most attractive. Loss of Lawson crushing but not fatal blow for Jets – yet 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z It's pretty slim pickings on the corporate front. Marketmind: A lacklustre end to a painful week 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z "It was slim pickings for me as a free agent," he recalled. Doctor says Charles Woodson's future includes saving lives 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z “It was slim pickings for me as a free agent,” he recalled. Doctor says Charles Woodson’s future includes saving lives 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z “Kind of slim pickings around here, for the right reasons,” Rizzo said. Gallo, Rizzo excited to join Yankees for playoff drive 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z “But there’s not a lot of pickings around here.” California's prison boom saved this town. Now, plans to close its lockup are sparking anger and fear 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z At a Foodtown in Jackson Heights, Queens, on a Wednesday morning in early April, pickings were slim for the Agape Food Rescue crew. Their Daily Miracle: Getting 8 Tons of Food to the Needy, Every Day 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z But when looking for replacements, the pickings are slim. The Mariners are the worst-hitting team in baseball, and it’s hard to see an easy path out of it this season 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z She feared being separated from the other Hondurans with whom she was traveling, which would leave the family easy pickings for thieves and kidnappers. Mexico faces crisis of migrant children and families, with little housing and few resources 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z The marine mammal surge is good pickings for transient, or Bigg’s killer whales, which specialize in slaying everything from harbor seals to sea lions and even gray whale calves. Ghost shrimp, humpbacks, tiny plankton: See Puget Sound surge with springtime life 2021-04-25T04:00:00Z The British Empire was ending, and the deaths of its last administrators and soldiers brought rich pickings. The art dealer, the £10m Benin Bronze and the Holocaust 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z When the pandemic finally ends and theatres spring back to life, that list will offer rich pickings to directors. To be Trump, or not: what Shakespeare tells us about the last five years 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z Proponents of this digital ad-tax scheme believe they are targeting large out-of-state tech companies, which they view as easy pickings to generate new revenue. Opinion | Maryland should abandon its digital tax scheme 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z After she enrolled at Howard University in Washington, D.C., she went looking for a research lab with live animals in it, but the pickings were slim. Self-described ‘lizard lady’ wants to change face of science 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z When Europeans arrived, they discovered these so-called resident geese were easy pickings, and nearly wiped them out by the early 1900s. Do Canada geese still fly south for winter? Yes, but it's complicated 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z With nothing left to play for, the Pats were easy pickings for Seattle, which won 24-6 to clinch the first postseason berth in team history. Seahawks mailbag: How will the secondary shake out the rest of the year? And expectations for Gordon and Penny? 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z Other options: Also helping Turner’s value is the fact it’s slim pickings at this position. Bauer, LeMahieu, Springer top list of available free agents 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z "As phones seem to be the pivot point of always-on online living, they are rich pickings for finding these vulnerabilities to exploit." Flaw allowed iPhone hacking remotely through wi-fi 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z In a state tilting away from Mr. Trump, Ms. Collins appeared to be easy pickings, and donors poured money into the state. The Democrats Went All Out Against Susan Collins. Rural Maine Grimaced. 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z Those with slimmer pickings stuck to their patterns. How Musk Oxen Make It Through Arctic Nights and Never-Ending Days 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z Even if they are dissuaded from going after VanMoofs, there are still rich pickings for bicycle thieves. Detectives and noxious locks take on bike thieves 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z The north Cyprus axis, however, which may not neccessarily be militarily defended by Greece, may offer easier pickings. 'It's bittersweet': reopened Varosha highlights ongoing division in Cyprus 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z Playing against a Panthers secondary that was already without two starters and lost another when Donte Jackson reinjured his toe in the first half, proved to be easy pickings for Jones. Ryan, Falcons avenge earlier loss to Panthers, 25-17 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z There are no open seats that make for easy pickings. Democrats hope to ride spending wave to state House majority 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z That translates into slim pickings throughout and mostly offering deleted scenes and short featurettes on the film’s productions. Best Blu-ray & 4K UHD horror movies: ‘Psycho,’ ‘The War of the Worlds,’ ‘Beetlejuice,’ and more 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z The concrete chute of the locks concentrates salmon, making easy pickings. Researchers test underwater noisemaker to scare away seals at Ballard Locks 2020-10-04T04:00:00Z If you plant berries, you won’t start harvesting until spring, and the first year the pickings will be slim, but consider this an investment in years of increasingly bountiful harvests. Don’t give up on gardening now! Fall is the easiest time to grow food in SoCal 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z The pickings were so thin that at one point, to her husband’s dismay, she put in an offer on a battered-looking house whose older occupant was hoping to remain there. The Virus Sent Droves to a Small Town. Suddenly, It’s Not So Small. 2020-09-26T04:00:00Z Young lobsters are easy pickings for the virus because the animals are so social, at times denning in groups of up to 20. Animals Use Social Distancing to Avoid Disease 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z Republicans sense rich pickings, but will the collection be made public before the election? First Thing: Twitter has started fact-checking Trump's tweets 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z Gent, too, remains adamant that it should not be thought of as easy pickings. Soccer’s River of Money Isn’t Flowing, Worrying Teams Downstream 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z Glance at a betting website, and it’s slim pickings elsewhere for sports in Europe. Trotting thrives in Sweden during sports shutdown 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z Find the people and that's where you'll find bins and unfortunately litter, but also easy pickings for rabbits, squirrels, foxes, even peacocks. How nature is reacting to the lockdown 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z “It’s just not as easy pickings as it usually is because of the outbreak,” Fernatt said about panhandling. Homeless couples are ‘surviving’ the coronavirus outbreak 2020-04-18T04:00:00Z Not a bad start, but the pickings are otherwise slim. 'First Cow' for best picture? A critic's guide to the Oscars if movie theaters don't reopen in 2020 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z When Houston schools temporarily halted meals, Robles’ family went to food banks, where pickings were often slim. Schools struggle to safely get free meals to needy students 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z When the plague arrived in September it had easy pickings. I've fled New York with my wife, kids and dog – my ancestors showed me the way 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z Shelves all over the world are empty, there's slim pickings online and the few suppliers that are selling are pricing at way over the odds. Where has all the hand sanitiser gone? 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z The pickings have never been slimmer on a Saturday afternoon. In the Quarantine Age, an indoor sport seizes the stage 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z Shoppers jostled irritably for what slim pickings remained, while the checkout line snaked all the way back to the frozen foods section. The Toilet Paper Had Armed Guards, and Other Coronavirus Stories 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z But now, Mr. Romick said, it is reasonable to nibble carefully at some of the better pickings, knowing full well that doing so involves short-term risk if the markets drop more. Yes, Buy Stocks in a Falling Market (but Watch Your Step) 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z It was also recognition of the high stakes of the primary in Michigan, with its rich pickings of 125 delegates out of the 1,991 needed to win the nomination. Bernie Sanders plots new strategy to foil Biden and take charge of 2020 race 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z Slim pickings on which to base a whole book, I feared. Einstein: don’t skip the Prague period 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z “If they also insist on hiring only people who’ve never taken issue with something the president has done, it’s going to be slim pickings,” he said. Trump embarks on expansive search for disloyalty as administration-wide purge escalates 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z In large part, that’s because her father owns an oystering company and brings in oysters from south Texas bays when the pickings are slim in Galveston Bay, she said. Shuckers: Galveston Bay oysters scarce, season may be short 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z These strategies, peddled via exchange-traded products and designed to profit from extended spells of market calm, yielded rich pickings as long as volatility stayed low. Take Five: What's the virus damage? 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Beyond that it was slim pickings until spring. Hooked on precut fruit: I must be infected by Goop | Emma Brockes 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z "They are easy pickings for criminal gangs looking to exploit vulnerable children." Overhaul exclusions to beat knife crime, say MPs 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z There are rich pickings here for politicians unscrupulous enough to go after them – it’s a backlash waiting to be exploited. Think Boris Johnson is toxic to voters? Don’t be so sure | Gaby Hinsliff 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z But this being a holiday weekend, the pickings are slim. Essential Arts: How Ernie Barnes' painting of a jubilant nightclub became a museum draw 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z Fiona Watson, advocacy director at Survival International, said land grabbers are targeting indigenous reserves because they are often remote, well-conserved and unprotected, making them easy pickings. Brazil: fires reported in Amazon's indigenous reserves spark fear 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z Fabian Schär got away with a clumsy slide challenge on Son inside the area and the pickings were slim for Spurs before the interval. Joelinton secures Newcastle’s first points in surprise win at Tottenham 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z At some point, the No Netflix Originals extension may leave you with slim pickings. 4 secret Netflix hacks and 1 bonus tip you'll wish you knew sooner 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z He said the 40 or so ospreys in Rutland generally fed at Rutland Water but nearby trout farms also offered "rich pickings". 'Thrilling' fish-hungry ospreys caught on film 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z So, to the sprinters, who have feasted on only the slimmest of pickings this year. Tour de France: stage 16 – live! 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z He said this likely helped attract early buyers who wanted the best pickings; some bought other items he was selling, boosting sales overall. 3 ways to make your summer yard sale a success | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z At a certain point Disney, like those ravenous hyenas, will face slim pickings of its own. 'The Lion King' is a huge hit. It might also be Disney's most dispiriting remake yet 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z Slender pickings, but it gave him an advantage. Tour de France 2019: stage nine – live! 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z The cichlids had abandoned the prey on which they are specialized to feed in favour of these easy pickings. Fishing out a feeding paradox 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z Music in Vermont takes on many forms, from the banjo pickings at the Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival in Tunbridge and a similar setup at Brandon’s Basin Bluegrass Festival. Editorials from around New England 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z Rich pickings at sea, political instability, the lack of law enforcement and poverty on land are all factors which have contributed to the increase in piracy. The world’s new piracy hotspot 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z Perhaps it was Murray; more likely, it was just that the easy pickings from his approach were now gone. Remembering Murray Gell-Mann 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z Police say such premises are easy pickings for those wanting to push young people into a life of crime. In a hurry? Here's what you need to know in five minutes 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z Since this year is “Q,” the pickings are slim. An exclusive look at Android 10 Q’s new features 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z People rely on the slim pickings from the mining. ‘There’s Poison in the Sea’: An Oil Spill Fouls a Tropical Eden 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z But more than a month since the cyclone pounded the port city of Beira, some of Mozambique’s seafarers are still finding slim pickings. Cyclone Idai: 'My family needs to eat, I don't know how we will survive' 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z Pistols bassist Glen Matlock was the Saturday sales assistant, while drummer Paul Cook and light-fingered guitarist Steve Jones would frequent the premises, drawn to its subversive charms and easy pickings. Jordan, the face of punk: 'The things I wore made people apoplectic' 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z Some spaghetti, a small jar of sugar and a bit of cooking oil was Sanchez’s pickings for the day. Venezuelan scavengers vie with vultures for Brazilian trash 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z "We serve a small, seasonal tasting menu, about seven courses, predominantly seafood, and then we enhance that with some indigenous pickings that we find seasonally around the village, wild herbs, succulent seaweeds." Tiny beach restaurant wins top award 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z Otherwise, it’s been slim pickings the past 50 years. Former Everett Silvertips goalie Carter Hart putting on one-man show to keep Philadelphia Flyers in playoff hunt 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z This made for easy pickings at raucous family gatherings, elbow-to-the-ribs stuff. For hockey’s royal family, Dick Patrick getting his name on Stanley Cup is final coronation 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z Calls and texts mostly travel unencrypted over phone lines, making them easy pickings for hackers and law enforcement alike. Phone Hacking Fears and Facts 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z She said the school victims looked “like a herd of cows” for gathering around the wounded, making them “easy pickings.” 40 years ago, Brenda Spencer took lives, changed lives in a mass shooting at a San Diego elementary school 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z But the pickings are slim on the left. Daniel Lipinski, Katrina Jackson, pro-life Democrats, speak at March for Life rally 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Back then, the snails hung from trees in giant clusters, easy pickings for scientists and collectors. 'Voice of the forest': George the snail, last of his kind, dies at age 14 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z Outside of a handful of players who plan to announce at all-star games, the pickings get slim for teams looking to boost their recruiting class. Uncommitted high school prospects give glimmer of hope to colleges looking to enhance their recruiting class 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z “To me, the All England is like a vulture, looking over Church Road at us as easy pickings.” The amateur golfers taking on the might of Wimbledon: ‘It’s like Brexit. It has split members’ 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z Slim pickings to be sure, but if we expand our scope outside the realm of features, we can count one of the greatest music videos of all time, Michael Jackson’s Thriller. Spawn of the dead: a history of strange zombie movie mashups 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z For the historian curious about the rumors she had secretly become the “first woman president” after Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke, one would find only “meager pickings,” one reviewer wrote. Julia Grant couldn’t find a publisher for her memoir. Michelle Obama got paid millions for hers. 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z There’s that much gold still there for the pickings in the mountains of Montana. Mining company pays millions for gold dug from mine dumps 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z The danger is that insecure devices will provide rich pickings for hackers. Smart cities: 'A cyber-attack could stop the country' 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z Slim pickings, admittedly, but when you’re struggling at the wrong end of the table, you grab any positives going with both hands. Huddersfield v Liverpool: Premier League – live! 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z Cam Newton & Co. might’ve thought Washington would be easy pickings after it was shredded by New Orleans. Washington’s timing just right to overcome adversity 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z This year, the pickings are slimmer — dark horses and lesser-knowns who might or might not eventually compete for the 2020 nomination. Will the Democrats wake up before 2020? A definitive inquiry into the state of the party. 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z The Zahn memo was ill-advised from the start, easy pickings for activists like Louisiana’s chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, and public officials in New Orleans joined in the criticism. Louisiana editorial roundup 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z Despite one more rally in the ninth inning, the Yankees went on to lose, 11-7, to end a seven-game homestand in which they lost four games to teams that were supposed to be easy pickings. Pinch-Hit Ploy Falls Short, Ending ‘Easy’ Stretch for Yankees 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z “It was slim pickings when I was there.” Approaching hurricane sparks runs in Hawaii on plywood, water and... 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z There, the animals became easy pickings for the second group of hunters who waited with rifles on boats in the sea below. East of Siberia: Goral on the Cliffs 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z Among potentially toxic poultry pickings are castor beans and certain mushrooms, although chickens don’t eat them as readily as do animals. Many plants can be poisonous to pets and livestock 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z In 1960-61, he had a moderately successful sitcom, duly named “The Tab Hunter Show,” then returned to increasingly slim pickings on the big screen. Appreciation: Tab Hunter handled his Hollywood journey with grace, modesty and humor 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z Recreating the evil deed, unearthing the evidence and shaping the story into a compelling narrative may sound like easy pickings for an accomplished author, but facts can be messier than fiction. Lit Life: Three true-crime stories that are stranger than fiction 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z Mark Shields, Jamaica’s former deputy commissioner of police, said returnees were seen as easy pickings by criminals, who see them as wealthy and naive to the country’s security risks. Retirees returning to Jamaica face extreme murder risk, say police 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z “Thin pickings” was one British journalist’s overall verdict as he searched the transcript for “a line.” Rory McIlroy has a plan to tackle Shinnecock Hills. But is he really ready to win? - Golf Digest 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z As usual, I took my mom to the movies on Mother’s Day weekend and found very slim pickings. 'Roseanne' shows what happens when entertainment and reality collide 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z If Team 10 is a venture that Paul wants to continue exploring, it’s safe to assume the YouTube has easy pickings. Jake Paul’s Team 10 YouTube empire might be imploding 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z For critics, it will be too little too late, a futile gesture by a woman who was dealt a bad hand and played it badly, and whose relationship with Trump offers rich pickings for gossips. Melania Trump steps out of Donald's shadow – after a year and a half 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z “There just seems to be a desire for stuff about the royal family, stuff from the past, which is understandable, but it just makes it slim pickings for people of colour.” From Game of Thrones to The Crown: the woman who turns actors into stars 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z “They drank rainwater from the bottom and lit a fire. All the rabbits in the area seemed disoriented; they were easy pickings for dinner before the family went to sleep in the crater.” Australia’s Least Likely Tourist Spot: A Test Site for Atom Bombs 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z When Villanova meets Michigan here on Monday, the pro pickings are going to be much slimmer. What Happened to College Hoops? Don’t Worry, the Kids Are All Right 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z But prices of suitable replacements are rising fast — up 10 percent in the past year — and the pickings are slim anywhere close to the city. Shortage of houses for sale reaches ‘epidemic’ levels 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z "And Gerrit Cole is no slim pickings. When you can field five guys who can pitch at the front of most team's rotations, it's pretty special." Will the 'World Series hangover' haunt the Houston Astros? 2018-03-24T04:00:00Z A big group like theirs, handing out gifts of cash to local Bedouins and camping in ostentatious luxury, was ludicrously easy pickings for a Shiite militia. Kidnapped Royalty Become Pawns in Iran’s Deadly Plot 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z Democrats bemoan their slim pickings in 2020 even though the field is positively obese. Opinion | Democrats Are Primed for 2018 and Looking Pretty in 2020 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z In the week leading up to our certain doomsday, one writer calls us "scrappy," a nice way of saying easy pickings. Remember the Titans: Forty years after Cal State Who, Fullertons take on Purdue 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Fifteen miles away in South Los Angeles, an impoverished area, the pickings are far slimmer. Food deserts may not matter that much 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z As fishers dragged the buoys aside for easy pickings, they damaged them, and maintenance work began to pile up. Fleet of sailboat drones could monitor climate change’s effect on oceans 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z In rural Vermont, one of the country’s whitest regions, vans of Mexicans were easy pickings for Ice. How migrant workers took on Ben & Jerry's – and won a historic agreement 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z Not since their 13 medals at Nagano in 1998 had a U.S. team left a Games with such slim pickings. Olympics: Disappointing U.S. to look at itself, and others, for... 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z Oxford Street's crowds give thieves cover and there are plenty of "rich pickings" to choose from, he added. Moped-aided thefts rise in shop hotspots 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z Here’s another spot where the free-agent pickings are regarded as slim this year as Pro Football Focus termed it “one of the weakest positions in free agency.’ Analysis: Seahawks just need some depth to shore up linebacking corps 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z The pickings look a lot thinner from here. Three ‘Risk-Free’ Bonds, Three Very Different Outcomes 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z And do so in a division that once was regarded as easy pickings for Seattle, but now contains a power on the rise in the Los Angeles Rams. If the Seahawks are able to have a successful offseason, there’s plenty of optimism for 2018 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z Not since their 13 medals at Nagano in 1998 had a U.S. team left a Games with such slim pickings. Olympics: Disappointing U.S. to look at itself, and others, for... 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z I’m sorry that it seems to be such slim pickings this year with regards to subscription streaming catalogues. Where to stream every Christmas classic 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z Somehow, though, the Giants pulled off a surprise last weekend, defeating AFC West leader Kansas City, so maybe they won’t just be easy pickings on Turkey Day. Redskins, Giants in Thanksgiving game between 2 losing teams 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z And they were ripe pickings for the gamblers because they played for a penurious owner, Charles Comiskey. Book excerpt: The 1919 World Series: The Fix Was On 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z Yeah, the pickings are slim as it seems quite a few fantasy owners are rostering two quarterbacks this season. FANTASY PLAYS: The ripple effects of Aaron Rodgers’ injury 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z What do you do with your most famous player when he's easy pickings for any pitcher who can throw an outside curve—which is all of them? Please bench Aaron Judge now! - Golf Digest 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z Presidents Cup teams, the pickings have been slimmer in the Ryder Cup, in which he has been a member of just three triumphant teams. Unfinished Ryder Cup business beckons for Mickelson 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z The pickings should be relatively easy for investigators armed with subpoenas and great powers of persuasion. Column: Pay scale for top basketball recruits set. Now what? 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z Blaine Harden, author of The Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot, said North Korean targets were “mostly easy pickings” for US B-29s bombers that faced little or no opposition from the ground. Why are North Korea's leaders specifically threatening US bombers? 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z Allied warships and cargo ships were easy pickings for the German subs that were launched from Bruges, just across the English Channel. German WWI U-boat found off Belgium with 23 bodies inside 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z And the pickings for sprawling corporate campuses are slim after growth by the likes of Apple, Google and Facebook. Here are some cities that could be good fit for Amazon’s second HQ 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Presidents Cup teams, the pickings have been slimmer in the Ryder Cup, in which he has been a member of just three triumphant teams. Unfinished Ryder Cup business beckons for Mickelson 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z But when considering players below five feet and eight inches, the pickings are slim. Diego Schwartzman, tennis’s smallest male star, is gaining stature 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z Meagre pickings – Mike Ashley seems to be gripping the purse strings tightly again. Transfer window verdicts: Premier League fans on the best and worst deals 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z Now, well … pickings for the Lausanne lotharios are slimmer. LA has signed up but rapacious IOC is running out of conquests | Marina Hyde 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z The pickings were easy: The scammers bought their sales leads from brokers on Craigslist or directly from employees of resort companies who were willing to steal and sell customers’ personal information. Tales of a time-share condo nightmare | Provided By AARP Washington 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z “There was a time when I was competing against Tiger and it was slim pickings, so that’s half of it.” Paul Casey and the pursuit of his missing major - Golf Digest 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z Yes, the pickings were slim in the early days of the Nationals – typically a single player selected. Bryce Harper and his teammates provide a Nationals flavor at the All-Star Game 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z Best extras: Slim pickings here folks for such as complex film. Blu-ray horror reviews: ‘A Cure for Wellness’ and ‘Get Out’ 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z Even playing away and without Bale, Sporting looks like easy pickings for the Liga front-runners. Madrid’s Bale to miss visit to Sporting, doubtful for Bayern 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z UNC-Asheville lost star players who transferred to Marquette, Louisville and Arizona the past two years.”It’s almost like there’s the BCS world and everyone else is there for the pickings,” Toole told SI. Enough with basketball coaches whining about transfers 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z It’s likely that this particular passenger wasn’t randomly chosen but consciously selected because United thought he’d be easy pickings as a bespectacled Asian follows orders and goes quietly. ‘Everyone Has a Price’: Readers React to Passenger Removed from United Flight 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z “It’s the reality of free agency. There’s a few guys that took less than normal and seats start filling up. Then it becomes a little more slim pickings after that.” It’s far from wine country, but Nats give Joe Blanton a chance to win World Series 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z However, the pickings are slimmer than ever: Fewer than 1,600 houses in the county were on the market at the end of the month, breaking a record-low set just a month before. Seattle home prices grow at slowest pace in three years 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z With electronic payment available for many bills, you might think that the pickings would be slim for mailbox thieves. In an Age of Cybercrime, Low-Tech Thieves Target Mailboxes 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z As a child, she raided gardens for cucumbers and tomatoes and hid in the woods to eat her pickings. Colonia-type concerns raised about Plum Grove neighborhoods 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z The legislator thought the hearing would be unfair, because “some of the members of that body received good pickings, and others ‘got scooped out.’ Newspaper Rivalry Bred the Modern Use of ‘Scoop’ 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z In the past, Chinese tech firms found easier pickings among consumers, rather than enterprises, which counted on an abundant supply of skilled workers. Chinese Tech Firms Need Wider Reach in 2017 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z Although his initial pickings were meagre, it was not long before the gold and silver of the Aztec and Inca world were flooding back to Europe. Peter Frankopan: The events of 1498 changed our world - BBC News 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Platt uses the online invitation service Evite for her Friendsgiving and noted that “the first year was slim pickings for invite designs, but now there are a lot to choose from.” Celebrating Friendsgiving, a Thanksgiving party for friends 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z But after that, the pickings get very, very slim. Even if Democrats win the Senate in 2016, their majority is unlikely to endure 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z Outside of the "Harry Potter" series it was slim pickings. The cliche coming-of-age movie is reborn with these fresh stories and characters 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z Back in the 1980s, when I lived in Paris, we’d pack French charcuterie and chocolate when we traveled to London, as the pickings across the Channel would inevitably be slim. Eating Out In London, The World’s Most International City 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z The pickings are slim when it comes to internationally themed funds that have any significant weight in retail. The 9 Best ETFs for Retail Power 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z This week was no different, even though the pickings were slim and included shots of punter Jordan Berry and backup linebacker Anthony Chickillo. Steelers ready to move past meltdown against Eagles 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z “There aren’t many roles written for someone that looks like me. It’s slim pickings,” the actor acknowledged. Dev Patel: 'It's such a shame' to compare 'Lion' to 'Slumdog Millionaire' 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Other chemical firms, such as BASF, another German company, are hoping for rich pickings on the assumption that regulators would eventually force a merged Bayer and Monsanto to sell off businesses worth billions of dollars. Making eyes across the ocean 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z "There are enough middle pods on the trees to ensure good pickings from October." Ivory Coast rains help main cocoa crop, some farmers fear disease 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z The rule’s true intent - pricing women and clinics out of abortion - would be fully exposed for easy pickings by plaintiffs in the inevitable reproductive rights lawsuit. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z Home to world champion manufacturers, Germany offers rich pickings for hackers, and attacks on industrial production sites are rising, according to the government's latest IT Security Report. Allianz sees cyber premiums as fire insurance of 21st century 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z And it’s a sting that is especially sharp for plus-size women who love to bargain-hunt — the pickings are slim at consignment shops, vintage boutiques and sample sales. Yet another way fashion is unfair to plus-size women — and one entrepreneur’s solution 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z In a cagey first half Portugal struggled to find Ronaldo, opting for long crosses into the box that were easy pickings for central defender James Collins. Ronaldo delivers as Portugal end dream Wales run 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z That means slim pickings on sales floors by late June. New Life for the Skirted Swimsuit 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Rokaya, the shepherd, was cautious in his appraisal of the day’s pickings. Climate Change Seen as Threat to Lucrative ‘Himalayan Viagra’ Fungus 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z It should not be surprising that the Democratic pickings are slim. Clinton’s possible VP picks: Only one is ready for prime time 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z Duberstein, for one, believes the vice presidential pickings might not be as slim if Trump’s fortunes improve between now and the July 18 start of the GOP convention. Ticket to the White House or political oblivion? The challenge for Donald Trump as he seeks a running mate 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z That will end this year, and Homer’s local avian scavengers will have to find better pickings. Fishing Hole will get shelter from gulls 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z If it were, the dating scene would be slim pickings. Vital Money Questions to Ask Your Partner Before Walking Down the Aisle 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z After a flurry of falling women's seeds in round one, order was restored as the sun finally appeared in Paris, although two French players proved easy pickings. Murray takes long road, others enjoy quick march 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z Strasburg’s deal left the pickings much slimmer among the starting pitchers. Strasburg deal thins free agency options for after season 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z There are very slim pickings left on the Manchester United bench as far as goal-getters are concerned. Norwich City 0-1 Manchester United: Premier League – as it happened 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z Despite the relatively meager pickings, Tuesday’s balloting is not without import. Five things to watch as Arizona and Utah voters head to the polls 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z Germany, host of CeBIT and home to world champion manufacturers, offers rich pickings for hackers, and attacks on industrial production sites are rising, according to the government's latest IT Security Report. How to hack a sex toy: tech firms warn public on growing cyber-risks 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z Gastro gulls get rich pickings Related: Urban seagulls target of UK budget windfall Sad news that even seagulls are snotty about their surroundings. Who cares about the Oscar winners? Bring on the losers | Catherine Shoard 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z For their part, ravens probably liked the free pickings around human encampments. The Raven, the Original Goth, Makes a Home in New York 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z There are very slim pickings left on the Manchester United bench as far as goal-getters are concerned. Norwich City 0-1 Manchester United: Premier League – as it happened 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z Now, those easy pickings are gone, but the investors are still swarming over local housing markets, offering all-cash deals and creating headaches for the first-time home buyers who compete with them. Investors With Cash Edging Out First-Time Home Buyers 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z The tropics, on the other hand, provide slim pickings for baleen whales like Omura's, which filter small organisms through their mouths. This Bus-Size Whale Is Even More Unusual Than We Thought The rich pickings that activists see in banks contrasts with a drought for such opportunities that persisted for many years. U.S. banks targeted by activist investors on merger wave hopes 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z This is the way under Van Gaal: the fans remain desperate to offer support but the pickings are leaner than lean. Southampton’s Charlie Austin strikes late to add to Manchester United pain 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z If you’re looking for the easy pickings, a garden is easier to evict.” Community Gardens Imperiled by New York’s Affordable Housing Plans 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z Here, the birds find easy pickings and voraciously eat just about any part of the plants that remain — from roots to shoots, from flowers to seeds to stems. The Snow Goose, a Welcome Stop Sign in Winter 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z Adam Gray called them “sharks in the water” - the professional gamblers trolling the ocean of Internet sports fantasy betting, looking for easy pickings. California Editorial Roundup 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z The middle of the road offers thin pickings. Corporate Bonds Offer Little Comfort For Jumpy Markets 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z Nationally, what was once a stronghold state for Republicans became easy pickings for Democrats. How Trump-Style Politics Turned California Into a Blue State 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z "Anything with a 'B' in front of it is clearly tempting but we are very, very happy with our meagre pickings," ARU chief executive Bill Pulver told reporters in Sydney. Australia Rugby Union seals bumper new TV deal 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z Until he checks in midway through the film, appropriately craggy and battle weary, and elevates everyone's game, the pickings are slim. 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' covers all its bases but soars only in certain places 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z That’s right, kiddies, it may be only Dec. 14 and rosters are far from finalized, but the prime pickings are now off the board. Giants' Johnny Cueto signing leaves Dodgers lagging in NL West arms race 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z Migrants are vulnerable to thieves, as well as police, who know Cubans are easy pickings for bribes, Cherilson said. New wave of Cuban immigrants reaches U.S., but through Texas, not Florida 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z It left three outmanned teams from the Moore League to be easy pickings. It's blowouts all around on opening night of prep football playoffs 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z What made the accomplishment even more remarkable was that Bridgehampton had only 20 boys from the ninth through 12th grades, so the pickings were slim. The US college coach taking her cue from a female soccer pioneer 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z Last week, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department trapped and moved a grizzly and two cubs that were getting free pickings at the Cody landfill. Safety concerns as grizzly raids up at Wyoming landfills 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z Those optimists looking for signs of revival in Asia found slim pickings in the latest data. Asia's factories struggle with global demand gulf 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z They wait and talk, scouring the thin pickings of the local newspapers. Malakal: The city that vanished in South Sudan - BBC News 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z “It’s like you say, you look around, but it is slim pickings.” Kansas State starting QB comes down to staying healthy 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z Lying on the water like that I must have looked like nothing so much as a seal sunning itself - easy pickings for a you-know-what. Sergey Ananov: Two days on ice with three polar bears - BBC News 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z Mobsters in the port cities of Kobe and Osaka were left with slimmer pickings as industry declined. Doing the splits 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z With such rich pickings, media titans, particularly Mr. Murdoch, depict the BBC and its license fee as obstacles to free competition. BBC’s Status Helps Shield Broadcaster 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z Willis said there was reason for both candidates to be out competing on the coast, even if the pickings are slim. Maryland’s Donna Edwards goes fishing for votes in difficult territory 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z The trouble for Las Vegas is that it is a city that feeds on endless growth—eventually, the easy pickings of efficiency will run out. Concrete oasis 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Those scholar-conquerors who did manage to set foot on Greek soil found rich pickings with which to fill their museums back home. A Point of View: Why the row between Greece and Germany is like a lovers' tiff - BBC News 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z At this point, almost every sector is rich pickings for Western business. U.S. and International Businesses Eye an Iranian 'Gold Mine' After Nuclear Deal 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z With both yields and pickings slim, Mr. Rieder recommends bonds issued in some of the less indebted emerging economies, such as India and Mexico, and intermediate-term municipal bonds. Slow-Motion Events in Greece and Washington Sway Markets 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z Seagulls now patrol overhead as the slow-motion melt gradually reveals fresh pickings. Remnant of Boston’s Brutal Winter Threatens to Outlast Summer 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z Prof Taylor says it was "thin pickings" for football in the arts before 1990 but then "it became a topic that could be considered of interest beyond just football fans". Italia 90: How the 1990 World Cup changed England - BBC News 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z As lousy as it may sound, this is a time when all sorts of unscrupulous types surface in hopes of getting some free pickings. Money Advice For Wives Whose Husbands Die Suddenly 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z Fortunately for him, he fell down rounding third and had to return to the bag or he was probably easy pickings at the plate. Dodgers can't cash in on Justin Turner ninth-inning homer, fall, 3-2 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z Vietnamese children such as Hien are easy pickings for the increasingly sophisticated trafficking gangs operating between the UK and Vietnam. 3,000 children enslaved in Britain after being trafficked from Vietnam 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z These are rich pickings for the customers - and for campaigning politicians, as she secures vital votes. Turkey election trip: Izmir looks West amid growing conservatism - BBC News 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z It was a two-step: Weakened by the loss of voters on their party’s left end, the Lib Dems were easy pickings for Cameron, and his party apparatus ruthlessly targeted his one-time allies. David Cameron’s wizardry 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z Parr is famous for his satirical approach and in an arena known for extravagance being on full display, it was easy pickings for the English photographer. A Mordant Look Back at the Kentucky Derby With Martin Parr 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z The fact that Barcelona thrashed Getafe, 6-0, four days before it played in Córdoba did not indicate the Andalusian club would be easy pickings. Spanish Contenders Can't Relax Before European Tests 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z Persuading large banks and Wall Street firms to pay record sums proved to be easy pickings for the Justice Department because no institution seemed to have the stomach to risk going to trial. Attorney General Eric Holder’s Mixed Scorecard 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z Even in the wake of Tim Burton’s Batman, the would-be pickings for quality comic book adaptations were pretty slim. 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,' Not 'Batman,' Blazed The Comic Book Movie Trail 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z It was mostly easy pickings for the Air Force, whose B-29s faced little or no opposition on many missions. The U.S. war crime North Korea won’t forget 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z After two years of slim pickings for Southern California home buyers, the supply of houses for sale may be starting to open up, at least a bit. Southern California housing market is poised for a stronger spring 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z “There had been hope something might be done, and now it’s slim pickings because it sounds like it’s a done deal.” Bridge closure accelerated Donora’s economic collapse 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z The traders and customers in this part of town provide rich pickings for the party. Voters' mood in two UKIP targets 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z In 1970, football pickings on television were slim by today’s standards, so the appearance of NFL Films productions like “This Week in Pro Football” and “The NFL Game of the Week” was heartily welcomed. Ed Sabol, NFL Films Founder, Dies at 98 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z But there were also rich pickings and strong friendships forged. Weekendish: The best of the week's reads 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z As Mr. Musk tells the story, he started looking for feasible rockets, but found the pickings to be too risky or too expensive, so decided to start his own rocket company. Google Makes $1 Billion Investment in SpaceX 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z And if an organization stores all sorts of confidential data the same way as trivial communications are stored, that data won’t be confidential for much longer – it’s just ripe pickings for hackers. The Shaky Online World: Survival Of The Smartest 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z Tanis Group Realty's quarterly bus tours of foreclosed homes for sale still draw a big crowd of potential buyers but the pickings just aren't what they once were and the prices tend to be higher. Foreclosures decline, driving up prices 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z It may temporarily deter gangs from a particular area, in favour of easier pickings, but it has not worked as an effective deterrent against rhino poachers. Quora Question: Should Poachers Be Shot on Sight? Esp in VT where pickings are slimmer than most areas. How Losing a Job Can Be Bad for Your Health 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z These slim educational pickings are one reason why middle-class parents are often reluctant to allow their children to take up academy places. The Murky Side of the Beautiful Game: Life at the Bottom of English Football Artificially low prices and patchy metering offer ample pickings. On another front 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z Slim pickings this weekend, but it ends with a bang with the Western Conference final at CenturyLink Field on Sunday evening. Weekend watch: Must-see matches from around the world 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z Its untamed, uninhabited interior contains rich pickings, but there are few who want to go and get them. Giant robot trucks rise in Australia 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z In the run-up to the holiday season, the pickings for live music are typically slim. Live in November: Run the Jewels, Kelela, Concert for Valor and more Sean Rankin, a Racine consultant who watched the event, said afterward that the criticism was “thin pickings” from candidates seeking to cut the front-runner down to size as Election Day approaches. Audits critical of candidate Karl Racine’s firm roil D.C. attorney general race Some asserted that Gerawan would withhold their pay if a single rotten grape was found in their daily pickings. L.A. City Council backs union contract for Fresno farmworkers 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z Once you get beyond those top nine races, though, the pickings get slimmer. Six Democratic-held Senate seats that are most likely to flip Also, the pickings may be slim, so you might not get the exact model or color you want. New iPhones Sell for $2,000 on eBay, Asking Prices Hit $6,000 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z Vanderbilt at LP Field in Nashville, Tennessee: It’s slim pickings in the SEC this week, with several teams stepping outside of conference to face lower-level opponents. No. 15 Mississippi faces familiar foe Vanderbilt 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z This is not good enough, say campaigners, who emphasise that mandatory reporting is not intended to criminalise hordes of people – it is intended to prevent abusers from viewing school pupils as easy pickings. Britain's Elite Boarding Schools Are Facing an Explosion of Abuse Allegations This made them easy pickings for hunters, and the early English colonists wrote of killing hundreds at a go. A Century of Extinction 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z Good move for his back, his ego and for Tom Watson, who didn't need that situation hanging over his head in addition to the slim pickings he's already having to deal with. The Grind: Villegas shows his age, Lindsey shows her strength, and 2014's most unlikely champ: The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z “It’s really slim pickings here, in terms of the healthy options,” Sharapova said. Applebee’s a Suburban Staple for Cincinnati Masters Players 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Typically, he said, any network that starts to become popular is so preoccupied by coping with the vast influx of users that they are easy pickings for the scammers. How to make cyber scams go pop 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z Here he traces a different lineage, one that starts with Saul Alinsky, a 1960s activist whose confrontational style and incendiary rhetoric make him easy pickings for critics of the American left. Dinesh D'Souza's 'America' Is Bad History and Paranoid Agitprop 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z A canary yellow hat, shirt and pants on Sunday, with the white belt tossed in, made the Spaniard easy pickings for the fashion police, and Garcia’s case wasn’t improved by a closing 73. The five differences we'll see this week at Royal Liverpool compared to 2006: The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z This was not just because a hospital offered sexual pickings and a captive audience for his ceaseless self-glorying monologues. David Hare on Jimmy Savile: biography of the man who 'groomed a nation' 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z But the pickings are likely to be slim. U.S. Budget News, and Fed Minutes Due 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z Ministers argue that only the prospect of rich pickings would encourage the group’s foreign investors to back the scheme, since they risk exclusion from projects in Arab countries for doing business with Israel. Dankners in the dock 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z For the most part, the pickings were bleak, but I was feeling giddy about my first date with a child psychiatrist. Should You Keep Your Salary Secret When Online Dating? 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z Tea masters dry the pickings by hand in massive cauldrons that get well over 200 degrees. Your Tour Around China's Hottest Getaway 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z Iran is considered easy pickings in its group with Nigeria, Argentina and Bosnia-Herzegovina. The American Soccer Coach On Iran's Bench 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z The prospectors who got to California first found big nuggets on the ground and easy pickings. Boomer Guru To Marketers: Wake Up! 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z Krawcheck’s prospectus notes that she will be buying into companies around the globe, which is good because the pickings in the U.S. are kind of slim. Slim Pickings for Sallie Krawcheck's Fund Investing in Female Leaders 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z But even as traditional financial firms battle for office space and seek out new customers, they're finding that the pickings aren't easy. As tech millionaires multiply, wealth advisers struggle to connect 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z But even small jobs are "slim pickings" for someone with only three years of college and no degree, Smothers said. California's unemployment rate drops to 7.8%, lowest in six years As the CRP points out, just shy of two-tenths of 1 percent of American adults donated to campaigns so far this year, so the pickings are slim. In the Loop: Sens. Booker and McConnell share some important commonalities: Donors 2014-04-24T23:17:52Z What we do know is the position is one of the last remaining bits of work for the offseason, and after the first round, pickings will be slim. Finding a safety looks like Bears' top priority 2014-04-19T20:41:00Z I’ve often seen such paperwork casually tossed in a trash can or left lying around, easy pickings for someone up to no good. Singletary: A scam that could tax you dearly 2014-04-09T00:05:54Z And with the pickings getting slim on the free agency market, that leaves Seattle with the likely prospect of entering the 2014 season with a defensive line featuring more uncertainty than when it last season. Seahawks lose out on Jared Allen, who takes bigger offer from Bears 2014-03-27T00:46:44Z As the pickings began to get slimmer and slimmer, most of his colleagues moved on to other jobs or took retirement. The disappearing tribe of India's letter writers 2014-03-20T22:09:00Z This particular plant in Chattanooga was supposed to be easy pickings because, thanks to pressure from IG Metall, the German workers union, Volkswagen had signed a neutrality agreement with the UAW. What the Unions Can’t Win in Tennessee 2014-02-25T05:01:15Z Last week, we wrote about the relatively slim midwinter pickings at the city’s farmer’s markets. City Room: New York Today: Snowstorm No. 14 2014-02-18T15:30:17Z But first he plunked his day’s pickings on the table with a huge grin. The Seeds of a New Generation 2014-02-04T19:18:37Z Invading foreign powers like Napoleon and the Nazis also took a share of the rich archaeological pickings. The Battle Over Greece's Antiquities 2014-01-19T02:05:22Z Although the pickings have become sparser in recent years, many men are still at work in primitive, unregistered gold mines. Amazon gold workers fight to stay in their mine 2013-12-26T03:01:22Z The only problem - they are finding slim pickings. Analysis: After market surge, investors switch focus to unloved stocks 2013-12-20T14:29:02Z But to the exasperation of this region’s shepherds, who for generations have scaled these hills with the seasons, the species’ success has been due in no small part to the ample, easy pickings. Vignols Journal: As Wolves Return to French Alps, a Way of Life Is Threatened 2013-09-04T01:29:45Z For years, if your stomach was rumbling at the mall, an airport, or a baseball stadium, the pickings tended to be slim, if not grim. Foodie Havens Where They Once Never Could Have Been Imagined 2013-08-10T14:00:51Z So while the midround running back pickings might be slimmer than in past seasons, there are still enough options for a flexible draft strategy in the first two rounds. Fantasy Football: Spotting Undervalued Running Backs 2013-08-02T15:39:36Z It is hard work and entirely unpredictable which galerias will yield rich pickings. Amazon gold workers fight to stay in their mine 2013-12-26T03:01:22Z And new recovery techniques to keep the oil flowing even when the easy pickings of early production have been achieved. Aberdeen's role in North Sea oil 2013-07-30T23:10:09Z But still slim pickings for such huge numbers, with continuing cost control warnings inevitably attached. Press regulation is becoming real: August won't be a holiday this year 2013-07-28T08:01:00Z When the green beans are slim,the pickings... Baltimore Orioles strand tying run at third, lose to Kansas City Royals 2013-07-24T03:56:12Z After easy pickings in the first week when she dropped just 11 games, defeat ended Williams's win streak at 34 matches and it was only her fourth loss in the last 76. Lisicki stuns Serena in another Wimbledon shock 2013-07-01T14:28:43Z Not to be confused with the priceless, ancient Greek statuary that grace Athens's many museums, the stolen bronzes nevertheless represent a roll call of more contemporary heroes large and small—and easier pickings for thieves. Global Metals Boom Is a Bust for Athens Bronzes 2013-06-18T02:30:03Z Golf Association to return the Open to Merion, an old and short course that could be easy pickings for the best players in the world. Column: Garcia can't stop apologizing to Tiger 2013-06-11T23:03:15Z It's hard to be optimistic, for technology has made the pickings available too rich, too tempting, for the spies to resist. Obama is like Apple, Google and Facebook: a once hip brand tainted by Prism 2013-06-07T19:00:04Z They were rich pickings for these preachers with their message of moral absolutism and radical anti-imperialism. Viewpoints: Tackling radicalisation 2013-05-29T11:44:55Z Rich pickings ... the hundred wealthiest Britons are hoarding billions in offshore tax havens. Never mind tax havens – the real hidden billions are in company coffers 2013-05-13T11:07:20Z When the wader population on the islands began to drop rapidly, the invading hedgehogs were soon implicated in the decline: the wader nests provided easy pickings in the form of tasty eggs. Where hedgehogs are not welcome 2013-05-05T23:38:38Z The money is easy and the pickings rich. Saluting 'local heroes of conservation' 2013-05-03T09:55:51Z It was a quasi-disaster for people who fly and easy pickings for television crews working the surly airport crowds who seethed as thousands of flights were delayed for hours on end. Airport delays provide lesson on infrastructure, operations costs 2013-04-27T19:34:00Z But Warrington, who host the Giants in the pick of the three matches on Friday night, will still offer rich pickings for McClennan. England handed rematch as Brian McClennan takes charge of Exiles 2013-03-21T14:04:37Z For missionaries, places like Xining provide rich pickings among so-called “unreached” peoples. Good Lord: In China, Christian Fundamentalists Target Tibetans 2013-03-08T05:35:22Z There were, though, lean pickings in each team's chances created column. Leeds United 2-0 Blackpool 2013-02-20T22:12:00Z Meanwhile, has placed a carbon tax on industry – as sure a sign as any to this country where coal has been king that the days of easy pickings and government handouts are drying up. Why POTUS should say no to Keystone 2013-02-12T19:06:31Z And with an enrollment of about 100 students, Coach Tad Shields knows that pickings are slim when it comes to building his 40-player roster. National Signing Day: Jacquille Veii, Rachid Ibrahim put the Avalon School on recruiting map 2013-02-05T21:32:00Z Let's not fool ourselves into believing that we are now entering a phase against the lower teams that will present us with easy pickings. Manchester United 2-1 Southampton 2013-01-30T21:57:31Z The dominance of Samsung and Apple in terms of volume leaves few pickings for the rest. Apple and Samsung have won the smartphone wars. What's next? 2013-01-25T18:31:44Z As noted, a search for literature on the relative performance on quality by traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans yields slim pickings. Today's Economist: Uwe E. Reinhardt: Comparing the Quality of Care in Medicare Options 2013-01-18T11:00:43Z Maybe rich pickings await long-term survivors at the investing banking table but, in the short term, pay and bonuses must fall further. Business and markets in 2012: what we have learned 2012-12-26T16:55:36Z It's going to be slim pickings at middle linebacker. Bears face Urlacher dilemma 2012-12-08T22:29:00Z Slim pickings compared to the short, fat one. Gerd Müller merits exalted place in history whatever Lionel Messi does 2012-12-08T22:00:05Z It was slim pickings at the launch in terms of coupons, reward cards and ticketing apps that worked with Passbook and there were no directions on how to use it. Apple's Passbook Hits It's Groove 2012-11-29T16:47:39Z Theirs are rich pickings, much in demand as winter envelopes the villages and towns of an increasingly poverty-stricken . Greeks turn to the forests for fuel as winter nears 2012-11-28T21:03:31Z Now it might need both, and one more because the pickings are slim in the east. No peace: Conference realignment revs up again 2012-11-20T09:25:12Z Such easy pickings for poachers with a mind to murder for profit. Dot Earth Blog: The Ivory-Driven Elephant Slaughter Continues 2012-11-11T17:21:05Z When his friend Dave led him to the sale on West 85th Street — “They said somebody had died in the building,” Mr. Walker recalled — he was only mildly intrigued by the pickings. Rescued Kurt Weill Recording Is Sweet Vindication for Accidental Discoverer 2012-10-21T18:20:05Z The past decade - particularly the U.S.-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan - provided rich pickings for firms providing private armed guards, drivers and other services that would once have been performed by uniformed soldiers. As Iraq, Afghan wars end, private security firms adapt 2012-10-21T05:25:21Z For the critical-minded, this phrase is easy pickings--dismissive, reductive, dehumanizing, a weird conflation of the struggle for human dignity with office supplies. Avoid a 'Binders of Women' Moment 2012-10-19T16:05:50Z Genealogy sites posted data for free or at minimal cost, and it is true that these records were easy pickings for identity thieves. Life after death 2012-10-17T17:20:01.633Z There are slightly slim pickings this week, so it's a ten-app roundup. 10 Best Android apps this week 2012-10-12T09:33:03Z As well as burning crops, the flamethrower burns people – groups of soldiers that might have posed a problem beforehand are now easy pickings, as Jason leaps out from cover and immolates whole squads of them. Far Cry 3 - preview 2012-10-05T11:44:13Z In reality, the Windies bowlers should really have made things harder for Australia but they served up far too many easy pickings in the early overs. Australia beat Windies to advance 2012-09-22T17:25:22Z It some ways, the foreign cases were easy pickings for the Justice Department: the behavior was obvious, and the cases fairly clear-cut. Bribery Settlements Under U.S. Law Are Mostly With Foreign Countries 2012-09-04T00:54:39Z Next stop for the rover will be Glenelg, 400m to the east, which appears to be the intersection of three distinct geological regions - potentially rich pickings for the rover's suite of tools. Rover's first find in Sharp focus 2012-08-28T10:21:49Z Larson knows that there are slim pickings in some areas and says Social Impact is a work in progress. An App for Boosting Social Enterprise Retailers 2012-08-23T15:34:11Z Just 1.38m, which is astonishingly slim pickings in terms of new phone sales. Android is winning - if you're writing apps for China. Elsewhere, though… 2012-08-16T16:16:00Z Nor do I think that any other faiths have got such rich linguistic pickings to choose from. Crossword roundup: Olympic clues - the last lap 2012-08-13T11:26:02Z And, often, the necessary effort is the difference between breaking in and finding easier pickings. Prevent Hack Attacks: 5 Things to Do Today 2012-08-08T13:15:00Z There was also a ressurgence in Arizona later on in June, but slim pickings the past month. Mariners getting their licks in against Royals pitching 2012-07-18T04:53:09Z If you’re in some distant suburb, the pickings are probably slimmer. The Education of Groupon CEO Andrew Mason 2012-07-12T20:27:24Z It not only conferred notice and status of sorts on the Church, but these were easy pickings. How Mitt Romney is to Mormonism what Tom Cruise is to Scientology 2012-07-10T21:03:00Z In the preamble to his announcement, Van Commenee remarked on Britain's rich heritage in the sport but did not dwell on the lean pickings of recent years. London 2012: Lynsey Sharp's selection ends Jenny Meadows Olympic hopes 2012-07-03T21:00:02Z Mr. Clayton noted that the gulls had easy pickings in the piles of food scraps but flocked to the garbage as well — evidence that some residents and businesses are not separating their waste. A Recycling Ideal So Close, Cities Can Smell It 2012-06-28T03:20:54Z For people looking to buy a home, pickings are slim these days. Why So Few Homes Are on the Market 2012-06-11T17:31:46Z Ms. Jay planned to transform some of this year’s pickings into strawberry fruit leather. | Strawberry Farms: An Early Season at Pick-Your-Own Strawberry Farms on Long Island 2012-06-08T23:50:39Z Of the “Three Forces That Create Fallen Angels,” market crashes offer the easiest pickings. Breaking The Cycle Of Buy High, Sell Low, Repeat Until Broke 2012-06-08T16:47:50Z In each case it has meant rich pickings for capitalists and misery for the bulk of the population. Letters: The right prescription for our economic woes 2012-06-06T19:59:00Z A big, unprecedented, ill-run, overpriced and technologically suspect expansion of domain names offers rich pickings. Internet domain names: .combat 2012-05-31T15:05:28Z Fortunately, Dr Who quickly triggered the self destruct sequence intended to remove the shield after its work was done and the defeated aliens moved on to look for easier pickings. Dark Day: Your fanciful explanations 2012-05-31T12:36:21Z Converting a brace against the Rochester Rhinos in the 29th and 73rd minutes it was easy pickings for the MLS side. 99 years of the US Open Cup 2012-05-30T13:45:00Z "I think," he was saying, "that I've gotten all the best of the pickings; and so it really won't do so much harm if I let them in." A Captain of Industry Being the Story of a Civilized Man 2012-04-25T02:01:06.607Z Still, we had some more pickings to digest. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z Rich pickings IT IS Republic Day in Mumbai, and an elderly nun addresses 1,000 silent schoolgirls gathered in the playground of Mary Immaculate Girls’ School. Private schools for the poor: Rich pickings 2012-03-15T16:00:33Z There's pickings for all, and they needn't ask twice, For they're able to put on the screw so! Mr Punch's Model Music Hall Songs and Dramas Collected, Improved and Re-arranged from Punch 2012-03-06T03:00:20.097Z At estancia houses, when a cow is slaughtered, it comes in with the fowls, milvago hawks, and dogs, for small pickings, being very fond of fresh meat. Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:17.560Z Sheep and goats certainly find pickings among the rocks, but the visible herbage has all been eaten down. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z But pickings at the tracks got slimmer after the closing of New York City’s Off-Track Betting parlors just over a year ago prompted many OTB parlor stoopers to flood Aqueduct. Character Study: Not Betting a Dime, a ?Voucher Vulture? Cleans Up at the Slots 2012-02-11T15:15:43Z Whatever happens, Las Vegas will win again because it always does, writes Reid Forgrave on Foxsports.com, especially with Super Bowl bettors as easy pickings. Leading Off: A Sad Sign of the Times 2012-02-02T16:20:20Z “There’s slimmer pickings, sizes and variety if you wait until the end, but you’ll save more if you shop later in the sale.” Deal Hunter: How to shop ?going out of business? sales 2012-01-20T19:51:05Z “But if he put his money in with the idea of getting certain pickings?” The Protector 2011-12-14T03:00:17.460Z Carmichael drew up elaborate specifications, which Nicholas saw at once were entirely too elaborate, and gave abundant room for "pickings." My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z From the condition of its littered banks, it looked to be almost as prolific of “pickings” as the great drift pile of Kinbasket Lake. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z But 13 IPOs is slim pickings for a typical November. IPOs Pick Up in November; December Uncertain 2011-11-27T17:01:00Z Some of them paid him large sums in cash, and others entered into contracts binding themselves to remit him monthly a large proportion of their emoluments and pickings. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z "They've probably forgotten all about us by this time, and have found easier pickings elsewhere," said Blair. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z He came back laden every time with things for the common good, and rarer pickings for his private hoard, over which he exulted like a chieftain returned from a successful foray. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z But it’s definitely tough right now — slim pickings.” After C.J. Brown, Maryland?s quarterback options are limited 2011-11-19T01:24:23Z "This was easy pickings," said one person familiar with Nasdaq's security practices. Exclusive: Lax security at Nasdaq helped hackers 2011-11-17T23:18:53Z This truly Spanish method provided a revenue for the Administration, or pickings for an official, instead of requiring an outlay for a new bridge. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z "That kind doesn't forget in a hurry, and they know they've only got to break us up to get all the pickings here they want," said Cathie stubbornly. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z When the Capitals stray from their game plan it leads to sloppy, turnover-plagued games and easy pickings for an opponent’s transition game. Capitals? deviation from game plan is costly against Islanders 2011-11-06T14:30:00Z From ministers of State down to the humblest subordinate every official had his share in the pickings. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z The city lives on the pickings and scrapings.... The Rise of Cotton Mills in the South 2011-10-19T02:00:21.010Z I believe that the estates of Russell & Sturgis when realised, paid all their liabilities in full, and besides left considerable pickings in the hands of the liquidators and their friends. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z "Well, I might do worse," said Jeanne unexpectedly, her mouth watering at the chance for pickings. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z The birds, too, are ruining the ripe fruit with their pickings, so we ought to begin work immediately after luncheon.” Natalie: A Garden Scout 2011-09-18T02:00:30.203Z The yacht would make very nice pickings for these Land of Fire savages.” Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z But as he did so he fell in with some soldiers who were wandering listlessly about, seeking pickings in the looted shops. Wang the Ninth The Story of a Chinese Boy 2011-09-12T02:00:25.620Z “But suppose a bird had a broken wing and couldn’t fly to where the pickings were?” said Micus. The Whale and the Grasshopper And other Fables 2011-09-05T02:00:18.250Z I help you and other traders in old duds to pack your sacks and dispose of your pickings. The Galley Slave's Ring or The Family of Lebrenn. A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 2011-08-29T02:01:02.680Z Bigger funds, which have economies of scale, might be able to survive for another few years on these paltry pickings. Hedge funds: Many unhappy returns 2011-08-17T19:47:43Z But other than that, it's been pretty slim pickings. Mariners defeat Red Sox, win a series against a good AL team 2011-08-14T22:26:08Z But without them, the pickings at those and the four other markets where they regularly set up shop might be quite a bit slimmer. | Honey: I?ll Borrow Your Farm, You Keep My Bees 2011-08-06T01:36:57Z A fox had preceded them with his usual craftiness, and had left no pickings for feathered creatures. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z More profit is found in the supply of food for the birds: extras and petty disbursements afford further room for pickings. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z I reckon they didn’t find all the pickings.” Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls 2011-07-17T02:00:32.837Z |
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