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...They want your pen," Ellis said. "Most of them can't write. But they know the difference between a pencil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Afghanistan: A Tale of Soldiers and a School | 4/15/2010 | See Source »

Sarah Palin doesn't really do compromise. Defiance is more her style. So when other Republicans began to go soft on their promises to "repeal and replace" Barack Obama's landmark health care reform, the former Alaska governor went reliably rogue. Wearing a trim black leather jacket and pencil skirt, Palin appeared at a rally for John McCain in Arizona and urged the GOP faithful not to quail now. "I see Fidel Castro likes Obamacare, and we don't," she taunted. "Doesn't that tell you something...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's Her Party Now | 4/12/2010 | See Source »

...could just wear a little heel, and sometimes a platform shoe could be a little easier. If you wear a pump with a platform, it could be easier to walk on, and then a thicker heel could be easier to walk on than a skinny, little pencil heel. And to make it easier to walk, you can also put these little pillow cushions inside your shoes, which really add to the padding and make you feel better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Never Look Fat Again — Without Dieting | 3/11/2010 | See Source »

...forget who exactly had thought the idea up, but I remember, after a brief and excited discussion, pinning a printout U.S. map to the wall, with a thin pencil line charting a bus route from East Coast to West. Going cross-country by Grey-hound, I thought, would be something: distance I could feel. More pressingly, my free moments were ticking away. Summers were starting to disappear, and in the not so distant future I’d have to get a job that, unless I became a teacher like my parents, would involve a sprinkled dribble of vacation days...

Author: By Mark J. Chiusano | Title: Shadow Steps | 2/3/2010 | See Source »

Sudoku Puzzles All you need to solve these number games is logic and a pencil. But since brain training requires both persistence and novelty, be sure to keep at it and also vary your regimen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Workouts for Your Brain | 1/18/2010 | See Source »

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