21.   Jason Allison made a fine play when he picked the pocket of right wing Bruce Gardiner at the Boston blue line.

22.   Long ago, a bishop who went to bless one of the galley ships built there for French kings defied the jostling spectators to pick his pockets.

23.   Meanwhile, his quickness and low center of gravity have made Bogues a nightmare for opposing point guards trying to keep him from picking their pockets.

24.   On some streets, shoeshine boys will strike up a conversation to distract a mark while a partner picks his pocket.

25.   On the street, criminals may pick your pockets.

26.   One co-equal branch of government has no authority to pick the pocket of the leader of another branch.

27.   One more dream dangled while the pocket is picked.

28.   Pieret later high-tailed it to Cairo, where he organized evening galas for British and American colonials so he could pick their pockets.

29.   Republicans argue that Clinton also has picked the pockets of the elderly on Social Security.

30.   She and a friend crawl all over DeVito, picking his pockets and cackling uncontrollably.