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Word: pen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...bedazzle her subjects. She went on royal progresses--the equivalent of photo-ops--to show off and get to know her people. She had the common touch, able to rouse a crowd or charm a citizen. She had flattering portraits painted and copies widely distributed. She encouraged balladeers to pen propagandistic songs. Her marvelous mythmaking machinery cultivated a mystic bond with the English people. "We all loved her," wrote her godson Sir John Harington, "for she said she loved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 16th Century: Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

...reporter's bible, a 32-page pamphlet containing such pearls of wisdom as "Each reporter must bring his or her own pens to the building. But beware, The Crimson is crawling with pen thieves. Guard pens carefully. (Helpful hint: pens don't work well when wet. The well-prepared reporter always has a couple of pencils handy to use while covering rainy-day protests and rallies...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fifteen Minutes: The Annotated Crimson Newsroom | 12/16/1999 | See Source »

...essential to Machinal's murky insinuations. The lighting, especially because it seems to be lit from the back, creates a silhouette of figures. This space becomes the sordid space of sexual conquest, first with the boss, later as a murky bar and finally in the second act as holding pen for Helen before her execution...

Author: By Nikki Usher, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Machinal: Story of a Shocker | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

...bringing the outdoors inside my room. My walls are covered with Winnie the Pooh stick-ups, which are a really nice way of brightening up all the white space. I guess I'll just list everything else I have: Pooh desk lamp, Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, and Eeyore pencil, pen, crayon, and marker holders, Pooh eraser, Pooh glue stick, Pooh mousepad, 2 Hanging Pooh head pillows, Hanging Tigger head pillow, Pooh trash can, Pooh tissue box, 4 Pooh clocks, Pooh hamper, 5 Pooh picture frames, 2 Pooh Piggy Banks, A Few Pooh Magnets, Figures of all the Pooh characters, Tons...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fifteen Minutes: As Follows: Don't Pooh Pooh | 12/9/1999 | See Source »

...Resourceful students, however, employ many successful self-alerting techniques. Pierced students admit to pulling on their body jewelry to give themselves wakening jolts of pain. Those without piercings resort to more primitive measures: "I like to take my pen and just poke it into my arm sometimes," boasts Phil H. Chan...

Author: By N.o. Yuen, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Lemon Sours and Tight Jeans: Techniques for Staying Awake in Lecture | 12/2/1999 | See Source »

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