"I picked the one day of the week when I didn't want to play like that, " he said afterwards.

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"I just picked the one that kind of looked cool, " he says.

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It was 10 or 11 games since I had picked up my last one so I was trying not to miss-time my tackles.

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One morning recently I picked up a major national newspaper and as I flipped to the metro section I was greeted by a large picture of a Koi fish.

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One day, in Sydney, I picked up a couple of newspapers and found five articles that mentioned her.

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Ahead of CES, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) hand-picked Immerz as one of only eleven i-stage finalists in an annual competition that awards companies developing the most innovative new consumer technology products coming to market.

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I'm bitterly disappointed to not be picked for the one-day squad.

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"I was surprised he didn't get picked for the first one, " Cork told BBC Radio 5 Live.

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For the rest of the program, I strained to hear more comments about LeBron and China, but no one picked up on it.

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So I went and started shining shoes, better yet, smelling feet and I only had to take my money home and give it to her and one day, she told me to look under the bed and there was the horn and I picked it up and played it.

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