The Chippewa (Ojibway) Indians have been handpicking wild rice in northern Minnesota waters for centuries.

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At harvest we had 40 people handpicking bad berries out of the grape clusters one by one.

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"If she wants to, " says Chief Marketing Officer Edward Razek, who has been handpicking the company's models for a decade.

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Mr. Belsky orders all the luxury cars for Enterprise in Southern California and Las Vegas, sometimes handpicking Porsches at the dealer.

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Mayweather has been criticized for handpicking his opponents to pad his undefeated record, which reached 44-0 this month after he crushed Roberto Guerrero in a unanimous decision.

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With the new personal magazine feature, however, I can make my own Flipboard-hosted publications on particular topics of interest, handpicking the posts or articles I want to include, rather than relying on feeds or algorithms.

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Less than a month later, Musharraf did step down as army chief, but only after transferring many powers -- including the ability to lift the emergency order -- to the presidency and handpicking his successor to lead Pakistan's military, which controls its nuclear arsenal.

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