Word: pen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...always read with interest anything from the pen of Professor Wald. In The Crimson of April 5 he wrote...
Eyes blazing, Solzhenitsyn brandished his unsheathed ballpoint pen like a rapier as he derided all Western efforts to come to an agreement with the Soviets, even over nuclear weapons. The West has made so many concessions recently, he said, that the "Soviet Union does not even need nuclear arms; you can be taken with bare hands...
...fact, Nixon was convinced that Gerald Ford was incapable of ever assuming the presidency. Still, his political advisers, including Barry Goldwater, pushed for Ford to replace the denounced Vice President, Spiro Agnew. After choosing Ford with considerable reluctance, Nixon turned to Goldwater and snapped: "Here's the damn pen I signed Jerry Ford's nomination with...
...boondoggle-a National Endowment for the Humanities grant for a book on women writers-Moers betrayed her better judgment. With forced bravado, she tucks three centuries of French, English and American authors between the covers of her book, as if she were playing hostess to a slumber party of pen pals...
...interview with the mayor in the table of contents of the Inquirer's "Today Magazine," portrayed Rizzo making derogatory comments about ethnic groups and homosexuals, and parodied his style of speech. The following excerpt with translation for those unattuned to Philadelphia's politics, shows how deep Ryan plunged his pen...