One provision in the GOP's Pledge is a requirement that every bill contains "a citation from Constitutional authority," picking up on the conservative complaint that health care reform is unconstitutional.
The source may share the information with many others (analogous to the authority picking best hits form another genome): however the gossip spreads further only by those receivers who believe in the gossip (analogous to picking up the authority as the best hit).
Initial reports of casualties varied considerably as Afghan authorities picked through the charred wreckage of three government compounds.
After suspending their search around 7 30 Monday night, the authorities picked up where they left off around 6 a.m. yesterday.
When the authorities picked up Ivan Maksakov, he was one semester away from graduation at a technical college in Saratov.
Last weekend, after he returned to his homeland, the Lebanese authorities picked him up on what they said was an outstanding warrant.
Pakistani authorities picked up Mr. Mohamed, a British resident who was born in Ethiopia, in 2002 and turned him over to the Americans, who took him to Morocco, according to court documents in his case, and American and British officials.
They might assume that, in a facility where security was so lax even the vending machine was probably downloading secrets, the authorities picked on Dr. Lee because of his race.
The police in Germany arrested a third suspect in a failed plot to bomb two trains, and the Lebanese authorities picked up another man, officials said, as the investigation gathered steam.
Both wore soiled diapers when authorities picked them up.
Even if they were killed, Beresh told the court "authorities picked the wrong villain" in their rush to pin the crime on someone.
