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...morning after the Inauguration, Roosevelt ate an early Sunday breakfast, then had himself wheeled into the Oval Office to get his New Deal under way. In the vacated presidential desk he could find neither a pencil nor a pad of paper. He could find no buzzer with which to summon an aide. He paused for an echoing moment in this vacuum of power, then threw back his head and shouted until a secretary came running...
...heart. I looked down at the book jacket and saw that doughty, frumpy Mr. Rooney, surrounded by that cluttered old office of his, looking back up at me with a quizzical half-smile that seemed to say "Hello, friend, let's talk about paper clips. And what about pencil erasers? Mine always rip the paper. Do yours...
...through the classroom window. Many Vietnamese children in the refugee camps have never gone to school, or quit very early. Many are country kids. Many have been used to running wild back home, and have never conformed to an institution. Yet some are catching on rather well. A fine pencil drawing of a classroom shows open books resting on four desks in neat rows, with the teacher's desk elevated in the rear...
...Monarch of the Glen. As a guest of Queen Victoria, Landseer went deerstalking with a gillie from Balmoral. After following a five-pointer stag for over four hours, they had it trapped in a corrie. At that moment Landseer quickly laid down his gun, pulled out a pad and pencil, and started sketching. The proud animal became the famous "monarch...
...here to interview me. Well, sit down," chuckled Santa as he patted his leg. I took out my notebook and pencil and sat on his knee. "Go ahead with your questions...