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While the majority of the Archive features Updike’s books and manuscripts, some quirkier gems include his Harvard and honorary degrees, his two Pulitzers, his pens and pencils, and the golf cards on which he would jot down ideas...
...intense interest in the Gates case is not surprising—the bitter irony of a man renowned for his erudite scholarship on race becoming the victim of alleged racial profiling turns what would otherwise be a forgotten jot in a police blotter into a centerpiece of the conversation on race in America...
...Though Murphy said that it is “absolutely fine” for students to jot down numbers from the Coop for their own price comparison, he said that individual consumers’ actions differ from BrunoBooks “wholesale, electronically scraping all the information from the Web site...
...Pilot's Pen This illuminated pen was originally intended for pilots who need to jot down notes in a dark cockpit. But when designer and pilot Robert Cullinan put the product on Amazon.com "just to see what would happen," the raves and orders took off - from theater critics, night nurses and anyone wanting to avoid the wrath of a sleeping plane mate. Two LED lights, powered by one AAA battery (which lasts up to 20 hours), are fitted inside the cone of the Pilot's Pen, so the light is close to your writing surface and casts an even glow...
...There has been innuendo in the newspapers that I gave favors or I gave benefits as Trade Commissioner to individuals because of my personal friendship with them," he said. "The entirety of the European Commission, the Director General for Trade himself has made clear that there is not one jot of truth in that...