pickings, blue-chip, picking through the debris, debris field

The Economist

Today's ‪#‎Dailychart‬ looks at the vulnerability of nuclear-arms materials to theft. Around 2,000 tonnes of highly enriched uranium, separated plutonium and mixed oxide fuel are stored in hundreds of sites scattered around the world. Many sites are poorly guarded by civilian contractors and thus offer tempting pickings for terrorists http://econ.st/1cj855B

 

 

11 Years Later, Debris From Plane Is Found Near Ground Zero

By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN

A piece of landing gear, apparently from one of the jets that crashed into the twin towers on Sept. 11, 2001, was discovered wedged between two buildings on Wednesday. 

Facebook's Goal: to Be a Blue Chip

As Facebook readies for a 2012 IPO, its founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg wants his company to look and act more like a blue-chip business.

Distressed, stunned, shocked: These are the words used by Michael Useem, director of Wharton's Center for Leadership and Change Management, to describe the mood at Davos, the global economic forum usually known for its blue-chip guest list, high-level debates and upbeat mood. Not this year. As Useem, who has been attending the forum off-and-on since 1997, notes: "If exuberance ignited the financial meltdown in 2008, anguish described those now picking through the debris."


Japanese tsunami debris field to hit West Coast
Contra Costa Times
While concern surrounding Japan's Fukushima nuclear reactors holds most of the world's attention, some scientists are worried about another issue -- a massive floating debris field headed toward the West Coast of the United States. ...

pickings

Pronunciation: /ˈpɪkɪŋz/

Translate pickings | into Italian | into Spanish

noun

• 1profits or gains that are made effortlessly or dishonestly:thieves found easy pickings in the underprotected bedsits

2remaining scraps or leftovers.

debris

Pronunciation: /ˈdɛbriː, ˈdeɪbriː/

Translate debris | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

Definition of debris

noun

[mass noun]

• scattered pieces of rubbish or remains: workmen were clearing the roads of the debris from shattered buildings leaves and garden debris
• loose natural material consisting especially of broken pieces of rock: a stable arrangement of planets, comets, and debris orbiting the sun

Origin:

early 18th century: from French débris, from obsolete débriser 'break down'

blúe chìp[blúe chìp]

• レベル：社会人必須
• 
  

1 ((略式))一流株, 優良株；優良企業.

2 《トランプ》（主にポーカーで）ブルーチップ.
pickv., picked, pick·ing, picks. v.tr.

1. 1. To select from a group: The best swimmer was picked.
   2. To select or cull.
2. 1. To gather in; harvest: They were picking cotton.
   2. To gather the harvest from: picked the field in one day.
3. 1. To remove the outer covering of; pluck: pick a chicken clean of feathers.
   2. To tear off bit by bit: pick meat from the bones.
4. To remove extraneous matter from (the teeth).
5. To poke and pull at (something) with the fingers.
6. To break up, separate, or detach by means of a sharp pointed instrument.
7. To pierce or make (a hole) with a sharp pointed instrument.
8. To take up (food) with the beak; peck: The parrot picked its seed.
9. To steal the contents of: My pocket was picked.
10. To open (a lock) without the use of a key.
11. To provoke: pick a fight.
12. Music.
    1. To pluck (an instrument's strings).
    2. To play (an instrument) by plucking its strings.
    3. To play (a tune) in this manner: picked a melody out on the guitar.

v.intr.

1. To decide with care or forethought.
2. To work with a pick.
3. To find fault or make petty criticisms; carp: He's always picking about something.
4. To be harvested or gathered: The ripe apples picked easily.

n.

1. The act of picking, especially with a sharp pointed instrument.
2. The act of selecting or choosing; choice: got first pick of the desserts.
3. Something selected as the most desirable; the best or choicest part: the pick of the crop.
4. The amount or quantity of a crop that is picked by hand.
5. Basketball. A screen.