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They use a unique fishing technique, cooperatively herding fish into small areas on the surface where the pickings are easy.

Years I've got. What I don't have are the rocks. Pickings here in the exercise yard are pretty slim.

Sierra Leone's budget is a tiny $500m a year, but its leaders still enjoy rich pickings.

It's slim pickings out there. You can't swing a Fendi purse without knocking over five losers. Where did all the great guys go?

"America's mayor" has ignored both of these early states to focus on bigger, delegate-rich pickings.

That would be only a taster of India's rich defence pickings.

Perhaps there is nothing you can do to reduce costs and in that case the buyer will often move on to easier pickings.

TO CONNOISSEURS of irony, who often find rich pickings in politics, last week's offering was a vintage one.

A day's watching persuaded him that the goblins had moved on, perhaps in search of richer pickings .

Foreigners are student visas hoping to stick around the country after graduation may find slim pickings in the job market.

After five months of battering, Greek asset prices should show an even more promising potential for good-value pickings.

A lone traveler equals easy pickings for a seasoned criminal.

From today's levels, it says, investors are looking at pretty slim long-term pickings.

The pickings are richest for the biggest companies by market capitalisation.

Or alternatively, in the off-season when pickings are slim and no one is buying.

Progress across open ground is slow and fraught with danger as predators are on the lookout for easy pickings.

Now throw in Geely in automobiles. But beyond that , it 's slim pickings .

Like Portugal, Spain and Ireland will sell some crown jewels, and the buyers may find rich pickings in the rubble.

the pickings were easy; clothing could be had for the taking.

For many companies, though, relying on the easy pickings in China and Taiwan is no longer an option.

On the other side, some professional women found Valley pickings slim .

For the team that does it best there will be rich pickings on a close-fought day.

The more intriguing finding emerged when pickings were scarce .

Often there are slim pickings by the time that last orientation session rolls around.

SPAIN during the second world war offers rich pickings for spy writers.

The easiest pickings were bikes secured with cheap locks.

This one is a corsair from the Basilisk Islands who believed the Rhoyne would offer richer pickings than the Summer Sea.

It was easy pickings for Edwin van der Sar, though.

Welfare benefits provide a rich source of pickings for dodgy officials.

The pickings were slim. Parents worked late, and many lacked the English skills to enforce or help with homework.

Once the race is decided, analysts believe there will be rich pickings.

Big projects offer the richest pickings too.

They'll look for easier pickings elsewhere.

But there will still be rich pickings in the extended continental shelf that is up for grabs by May 13th.

You know, I think it's slim pickings. Maybe we should come back next week when they might get new stocking.

Wow , slim pickings on fruit today .

The sharks had fat pickings that day.

While the pickings haven't been slim, they haven't been bountiful either.

When the market is willing to buy any loan he makes, however, he leans towards easy pickings.

Rich pickings at the European Parliament

ZTE focuses on the world's rich pickings