Howard had been editor of the New Statesman and the Listener, and deputy editor of the Observer, and he was distinguished not only for his own writing and broadcasting but also for his remarkable ability to pick and nurture gifted young writers.
And the landscape is a remarkable weave to pick through: towering cathedrals stand cheek-by-jowl with Roman ruins; tiny streets thread their way in and out of skyscrapers; Georgian squares stand over plague pits and a warren of tunnels burrow underneath it all.
She thought he had a remarkable instinct for picking out a piano with exactly the tone he wanted.
Hardly marquee names – but the studio has shown remarkable guile in picking its creative hierarchy thus far, so should perhaps be given the benefit of the doubt.
So far Wessex Water is making decent profits in western England, but its potential to become a global leader is untested.Hitherto, Malaysian companies have had a remarkable record of picking duds when they buy foreign firms.
It was a considerable achievement, even if Marples' reputation was clouded by his role in the Beeching railway cuts, and Marples Ridgway's remarkable success in picking up major road construction contracts during his tenure as minister.
Reese, in his first time with final say on the draft, went a staggering 8 for 8 on picks, remarkable in a business in which even Reese said the goal was merely to get on base and to not strike out.
To this end, I spent last summer trekking around in pursuit of plots measuring only a few glorious square metres: I visited balconies, roof gardens, boats, a square-metre bed in deepest Somerset, even a set of steps, and met those responsible for these remarkable little patches, picking up some tips along the way.
Hidalgo-Clyne missed the conversion, and 10 minutes later, Ragusi performed a remarkable act of pick-pocketing to strip Tim Visser of the ball and scamper up the unguarded flank to score.
Detoxed from our stressful month in a remarkable three days, we pick up our rental car and head to our cabin.
