The past five years pick up only one year of the bear market but four of the bull market.
Southend's recent run of results has come after a lean spell for the Essex club, which saw them pick up only four points from nine games.
"Most senior bankers say issuance will be at a standstill for the next few weeks and then will pick up only slightly, " said Thomson Reuters' Loan Pricing Corp. in a third quarter-end report.
Investec Securities said, however, that, while lower prices could trigger stronger physical demand from jewelry markets, this market is likely to pick up only around June or July as seasonal restocking takes place, driven initially from India.
If he does as well as expected in Tuesday's contests - where 31 elected delegates are at stake - he will need to pick up only a handful of endorsements from the remaining uncommitted "super-delegates" - party officials with a free choice over who to support - to pass the winning post.
But was the economic pick-up only temporary, the optimism premature?
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Writers and painters seem to pick up the gauntlet only when pushed to the wall or when under a spotlight (why did a petition by India's writers to the government to lift the ban on The Satanic Verses come 23 years after the book was banned?).
Yet we have huge faith in these metal detectors that can only pick up one substance.
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That allowed Goddard to pick up Cell Pathways for only 7% of OSI's market cap, without outlaying any cash.
In addition, passengers can only pick up these cabs in Manhattan, but the taxis will travel anywhere in the five boroughs.
But it can only pick up and effectively manage the physical life of a product when its digital life has been thoroughly and collaboratively managed up to that point.
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Woods was steadier thereafter at Victoria Golf Club, but could only pick up two more birdies, at nine and 18, and admitted he is likely to relinquish his crown on Sunday.
Last year 2m of the 15.1m cars sold in America went to customers who set foot in the dealership only to pick up the car.
Losing competitors can only help ADM, which not only will pick up those sales, but also is big enough and diversified enough to find profits elsewhere.
You only have to pick up where the last person left off, perfect their ideas, and make a name for yourself.
Those rules took hold in November 2007, but trading has only started to pick up as new electronic exchanges seek to siphon off trades by posting prices faster.
True to what we've already heard, activations will be done in-store, you'll only be allowed to pick up three at a time, and prepaid's a no-go.
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There will be five phases of ticket sales and buyers will only be able to pick up their tickets when they get to the host nation.
"A savvy shopper that has done their homework before hitting the shops will not only be able to pick up the best bargains but will also be able to resolve any problems with their purchase quickly, " said Michele Shambrook, operations manager for helpline Consumer Direct.
Apparently, Ireland was the only member to record a pick up in private sector activity.
McLaughlin called the plot a "pick-up game" that took the organization only two or three months to plan.
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This is likely to be offset only partially by a pick-up in businesses tied more closely to economic growth, such as advising on mergers and acquisitions.
When I was two sets down, I believed I could win the match, and I think that's the only positive I can really pick up from today's match.
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Astronomers are uncertain if this represents a genuine rarity of systems like our own, or a simple self-selection problem in which our current technology only has the sensitivity to pick up the weird systems.
When making an outgoing payment, pick a selection of addresses whose balances add up to only slightly more than the sum you wish to pay.
Purcell has acknowledged that he needs to boost Morgan Stanley's performance and said at an investor conference in January that he would consider a sale or spinoff of its Discover credit-card division, but only if its growth did not pick up after two to three years.
Not only that, but watch aficionados can pick up Speedmaster watches in dozens of flavors.
With capacity thus constrained, a pick-up in demand from the likes of China could only lead to one result: higher prices.
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