Word: pencilings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Foggmen had taken extraordinary pains with these. To produce the two forgeries, they made a printed facsimile of the original. They then went over the reproductions with charcoal, smudging a bit here, rubbing a bit there. They went over the signatures in pencil, even reproduced two tiny fungus growths that appeared in the original. As a final touch, they placed one of the forgeries in the handsome frame and mat belonging to the original...
...advice to Von Hoerner is to have him set aside his red-hot mathematical pencil. His longed for advice has arrived. In fact, it came a little over 1,900 years ago-loud and clear. Illiterate shepherds on Judean hills understood. A physician by the name of Luke decoded the message...
...edit a serious morning paper,'' proclaimed the New York Herald Tribune in full-page ads last week. To make its point, the Trib reproduced a recent front page, the novelty of which had been carefully ringed by an editor's soft black pencil (see cut). The page included a two-column-wide replay of the day's news, entitled "In the News This Morning," plus a double-barreled report on the Congo: side by side appeared two versions of Congolese developments, one headed "The Problem " the other "The Solution...
...lustily sing the praises of alma mater. Such are the sights and sounds of college football for most fans-but not for the pro scout. Cold-eyed and calm in the midst of it all, he perches in some remote corner of the stadium, clutching his notebook and pencil. His sound is the smack of leather meeting leather, and his sight is the glimpse of a crumpling block, a tooth-rattling tackle, or a precisely executed pass. Like a Broadway talent hunter who scours the chorus line for a budding star, the pro scout examines Saturday's heroes...
...teacher recites the lesson and, if even that bores them, they are free to wander outside to play among the jungle gyms, the playboats and sandboxes, the swings and the barbecue pit. If a teacher asks for a composition, she is the one who gets out the pad and pencil; the student will dictate it to her and she will type...