Word: pencilers
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...food are being shipped off to Russia. All that is left for the Germans is shoddy garments and ill-tasting food. "There are shirts available only for men boasting neck measurements of 42 or 43 centimeters," groused a Berliner with a 38-cm. neck (15 U.S.). Five-Year Plan pencil sharpeners, wrote Stenographer Ursula Hollman, produce nothing but "crooked points." Worst of all, snorted Housewife Elli Dau, is the unrationed liverwurst. "After roasting it, it is still indigestible. Even our dog shrank his nose and shook his head disapproving...
...most knowledge of technique," says Roethke, "is acquired obliquely. One suggestion, one lead, after class or in the hall... is worth far more than any number of pipe-sucking, pencil-poking . . . sessions in the office." The fact is, "most teaching is visceral ... as ephemeral as the dance ... It is what is left after all the reading and thinking and reciting: the residue, the illumination...
...National Council Against Conscription has thoughtfully provided a question at the end asking, "Do these arguments effectively state the case against Universal Military Service?" It is there we can put our pencil to use and make our mark...
Phone fumble is enough to make man curse the machine age. There is never a pad or pencil near the phone when that important call is coming through...
...Tele-pad" is the name of this item which is set in a fine leather tray, hand-tooled in 25 carat gold holds. It comes in wine, red, or brown at SHREVE'S in Boston for $5.00. The attached pencil is automatic and refill pads can be obtained...