Two years ago, O. J. Mayo, the nation's most coveted high-school player and maybe the purest product of the summer system to date, picked up the phone and called U.S.C.'s head coach, Tim Floyd, to whom he had never spoken and who thought so little of his chances to sign the superstar recruit that he hadn't even sent Mayo a brochure.
Also in midfield, Croatian Modric has enjoyed his finest season at White Hart Lane to date, picking up the supporters' player of the year award after a series of impressive displays.
With a month to go before my leaving date I picked up a case that required an urgent visit.
In his largest deal to date, he picked up Network General in December for $1.3 billion.
Digital dating has picked up momentum on our social media networks and Facebook is the latest "it" tool leading to landing that first date.
The date was picked up by the US President Barack Obama in his speech at the UN General Assembly last fall, where he said that the United States hopes that Palestine will become a full member of the UN by the fall of 2011.
To date, SchoolSpeedTest has picked up some good traction.
To date, Cotap has picked up 7,000 businesses as customers, with at least two employees per business, Patterson tells me.
Notably, en route to raising $300 million to date, Playground has picked up a number of strategic backers like Google, HP and Foxconn, which together with others put in $48 million towards the running total.
If your date hasn't picked up on any of your hints and you're dying to lock lips, you might as well be straightforward and just ask if you can kiss him or her.
