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James Gunn, the director Marvel handpicked to helm the sci-fi opera Guardians of the Galaxy, was facing a similar quandary.

Rivals tagged her an apparatchik, an heiress, handpicked by a mayor/mentor said to nickname her “ma petite Anne,” my little Anne.

Guthrie was handpicked by Lauer after his former cohost Ann Curry was pushed out.

In his two bestselling memoirs, Mortenson frequently sings the praises of his handpicked team of foreign employees.

Longtime pols, all of them, with long records in the halls of power, or handpicked by national leaders to run for office.

She say de sea island cotton was so costly that it was handpicked by slaves and placed in hundred pounds sacks.