And it explains why the French so readily pick on America at times of self-doubt.
If they want to pick on smokers, why not pick on those who drink alcohol.
You pick on coal and nuclear presumably because natural gas does not help your argument?
The last litter pick on the lake saw two vanloads of rubbish taken away.
Those in the media challenging the wisdom of the pick on Wednesday included two apparently sympathetic Republicans.
That was Florida State's EJ Manuel, who went to Buffalo with the 16th overall pick on Thursday night.
But he said journalists should "pick on people your own size" and not bully junior ministers in interviews.
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Hundreds of scuba divers are expected to take part in the next litter pick on Windermere in Cumbria.
But Alkarim Jivani, Time Out's TV editor said their second language could make the other contestants "pick on" them.
Hispanics will vote for the right kind of Republican, i.e. one who doesn't pick on them to score political points.
The prime minister, Viktor Orban, often points out that Mr Milosevic tends to pick on ethnic minorities one by one.
With a pick on his thumb, he played a descending melody that was apparently on its way to becoming a song.
So I'm going to pick on a few important things which are, I think, are indicative of what's going on in Egypt.
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Mrs McCarnun and her husband make sure that their four children eat first, and then pick on the leftovers, she told BBC News.
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It is unlikely that many NFL teams would be willing to spend a 1st round pick on a player who orchestrated such an elaborate hoax.
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They spent a second-round pick on Hill in last year's draft.
We're going to have - this is the aspect of his identity that he decided to pick on, and that is the question that I'm wondering.
To be sure, I am not intending to pick on Ms. Whitney or Mr. Parker, and I know better than to throw stones in a glass house.
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Their approach may offend some people, but they said at the start they are not trying to do that or pick on anyone - they are trying to help.
There are no weak links to pick on, especially when we go to the new package Dom Capers rolled out in Chicago where Charles Woodson replaces Charlie Peprah at safety.
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Nor do I intend to pick on the geeks.
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But as we live in this, you know, very diversified world, it is always important to remember that you do not pick on people, " Abdygaliyeva says, "You do not pick on their traditions.
I'll sit down with any player who's uneasy about my coming out, " he says in his account, adding: "Still, if I'm up against an intolerant player, I'll set a pretty hard pick on him.
And whatever number you pick on the scale of cooperation, that number represents significant success in combating terrorism and eliminating terrorists -- terrorists who threaten Pakistan, terrorists who threaten the United States and threaten our allies.
One way to minimise the cost of shareholder activism, says Bernard Black, at Stanford Law School, would be for institutions to put their strength behind initiatives that affect hundreds of companies, not just pick on a few.
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