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- verb pick personally and very carefully
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Examples
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As with any attempt to hand-pick individual equities, one needs to have some rules.
Andrew Pyle: Time for U.S. Dividends Andrew Pyle 2011
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Why would the these companies feel the need wrest control of the governing bodies, ignore conflicts of interest and insist on being able to hand-pick the researchers in areas of research as controversial and potentially as expensive and lucrative as climate change?
RP Siegel: What Price Impartiality? Top Universities Sell Their Reputations to Big Oil RP Siegel 2010
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When big-city mayors are given complete control of the schools and can hand-pick their school boards and name their school chiefs, they will inevitably do so based primarily on political fidelity to themselves and to their corporate patrons.
Mike Klonsky: Chicago Schools CEO Choice Shows Problem With Mayoral Control Mike Klonsky 2011
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Why would the these companies feel the need wrest control of the governing bodies, ignore conflicts of interest and insist on being able to hand-pick the researchers in areas of research as controversial and potentially as expensive and lucrative as climate change?
RP Siegel: What Price Impartiality? Top Universities Sell Their Reputations to Big Oil RP Siegel 2010
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When big-city mayors are given complete control of the schools and can hand-pick their school boards and name their school chiefs, they will inevitably do so based primarily on political fidelity to themselves and to their corporate patrons.
Mike Klonsky: Chicago Schools CEO Choice Shows Problem With Mayoral Control Mike Klonsky 2011
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When big-city mayors are given complete control of the schools and can hand-pick their school boards and name their school chiefs, they will inevitably do so based primarily on political fidelity to themselves and to their corporate patrons.
Mike Klonsky: Chicago Schools CEO Choice Shows Problem With Mayoral Control Mike Klonsky 2011
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The goal for legislatures is to carve congressional districts based on voter registration in order to secure partisan victories - in other words, to hand-pick voters.
Voters cast their ballots in 2010 elections Michael A. Fletcher 2010
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But, if it will cause a few of the religious faithful to back Rand Paul and defeat Mitch McConnell's hand-pick choice, then I'm all for it!!!
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Corporations will be able to hand-pick who wins open seats, until both parties are just stuffed with them.
Matthew Yglesias » Money for Nothing, and Votes for Free 2010
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When big-city mayors are given complete control of the schools and can hand-pick their school boards and name their school chiefs, they will inevitably do so based primarily on political fidelity to themselves and to their corporate patrons.
Mike Klonsky: Chicago Schools CEO Choice Shows Problem With Mayoral Control Mike Klonsky 2011
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