Lin went on to be a surprise breakout in the Summer League, playing well against competition like No. 1 pick John Wall, and eventually landing a contract with Golden State.
That's roughly half of the Democratic party's turnout - crucial for Obama's campaign, and a tempting target for Republican John McCain to try to pick up.
That was as good as it got until shortly after the interval when the tempo started to pick up and John Arne Riise fizzed a long range left-foot strike just wide.
He was brave to pick the name John at all, says Melloni, since the last man to hold the name is viewed as an "antipope" because he was elected pontiff during a schism in the church in the 15th Century.
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Now to John McCain and his shocking VP pick of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
In the midst of the financial crisis last week, it was John McCain's turn to pick up the ball and run with it.
John Brennan, Obama's pick to head the CIA, has been one of the architects of the drone campaign against al Qaeda and its allies for the past four years.
John Brennan, Obama's pick to head the CIA, has been one of the architects of the drone campaign against al Qaeda and its allies for the last four years.
John McCain's vice presidential pick, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
John Lucaswas the No. 1 pick of the 1976 NBA draft, had a 14-year pro career and coached in the NBA. North Carolina State's Mr. Thompson is in the Basketball Hall of Fame.
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In 2010, John Wall of Kentucky was the top pick overall, with his teammate DeMarcus Cousins picked fifth.
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In return, the Rangers received forwards Derek Dorsett and Derick Brassard, defenseman John Moore and a sixth-round pick in the 2014 draft.
Gaborik was dealt to the Blue Jackets Wednesday, just before the NHL's afternoon trade deadline, for center Derick Brassard, right wing Derek Dorsett, defenseman John Moore and a sixth-round pick in the 2014 draft.
Wizards guard John Wall, last year's top pick, averages a block per game this season and 0.7 for his career.
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To a large extent, it doesn't matter how persuasive Clinton might have been on Monday, or how eloquent senatorial candidate Barack Obama came off Tuesday, or even how strong a performance John Edwards, Kerry's vice presidential pick, turned in Wednesday.
John David Booty, who was a fifth round pick in the 2009 draft, is out of the NFL and never played in a regular season game.
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"You feel like when he gets the puck, no one's going to take it away from him, " said John Tavares, whom the Islanders took with the top pick in the 2009 draft.
Dianne Feinstein, D-California, over his choice of Leon Panetta to head the CIA, and from Rep. John Conyers, D-Michigan, over his reported pick of CNN chief medical correspondent and neurosurgeon Sanjay Gupta as surgeon general.
He should pick up the phone to Comptroller of the Currency John Hawke Jr.
"It's very common for companies to pick off the easier companies first, " says John Dozier, an intellectual property lawyer who specializes in Internet cases.
The most notorious case involved hedge fund manager John Paulson, who was allowed by Goldman to hand-pick toxic waste for CDOs Goldman sold to unsuspecting clients.
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John McCain's performance last week, as well as his pick of running mate Sarah Palin, have given him a substantial bump.
John McCain said Tuesday, she would probably not have been his pick.
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At Nordstrom, where the family controls 24% of the stock, John Whitacre, the chairman and CEO and an outsider, will probably pick the most promising successor from a cluster of relatives--five copresidents, all family members.
Annual wage growth will be slow in the first half of the coming decade and will then pick up to 3% in the latter years, according to John Philpott, chief economist at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
Republicans usually pick the guy next in line, a spot Romney seems to have earned by placing second to John McCain in 2008 and by raising more money than any other GOP candidate.
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