1.   It was as if he were rummaging through previously composed index cards in his mind and plucking the one that seemed the most relevant.

2.   SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Kobe Bryant kept rotating the legends in his closet, then plucked the one that best fit the occasion.

3.   Television showed scenes of people sobbing with joy when a loved one was plucked alive from the debris, or stone-faced in grief when the search yielded a body.

4.   Television showed scenes of people sobbing with joy when a loved one was plucked from the rubble alive, or stone-faced in grief when the search yielded a body.