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Its name, the euro, was picked because it translates easily into almost every member country's language.
It is hard to imagine that this book would be picked up by anyone but a lexicographer or someone interested enough in becoming one to subject himself to such a turgid presentation; in the event, one might assume a certain level of familiarity with the subject.
The Sunday Mirror interview was widely picked up across Europe Monday, with La Stampa of Turin, Italy--under the headline "Sexgate, the last secret: a green skirt"--focusing on Lewinsky's account of her first meeting with Clinton at which, according to her, he admired the skirt but said he would like to see what was underneath it.
Cameron's mad- as-hell diatribe, which called for Turan's "impeachment," got gleefully picked up by everyone from the newsweeklies to Doonesbury.
Portugal’s empire was gradually eroded, and many of its trading posts (with the notable exception of Brazil) were picked off by the British and Dutch.