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...that it is used for detecting leaks in natural-gas pipelines. Now a Texas entrepreneur named J.W. Small is promoting it as a rape repellent. Rapel, as his $9.95 product is called, is an inch-long plastic cylinder that contains a fragile glass ampoule of the obnoxious fluid. The pencil-thick device can be clipped to the inside of a dress, bra or nightgown; when pressed lightly, the ampoule breaks, releasing the ardor-killing odor. One rape crisis expert frets that Rapel "lulls the user into a false sense of security." Perhaps, but another drawback has already been solved: each...
...things may help, at least initially. First, while considering the new Ramones album, End of the Century, a kind of LP Hellzapoppin, grab a scorecard. A pencil would help...
...event progresses, Daniel remains quiet except to comment on the pace or a swimmer's stroke. Occasionally he will tap his pencil against his notebook before predicting--accurately--the eventual winner...
...nearly 2.5 million people who take standardized tests each year, scribbling in answers in number-two pencil on a computerized answer sheet plays a significant role in shaping their futures. It helps allow them to continue their studies or to enter a profession--such as law--in which many of the state bar examinations are standardized. No matter how one feels about the merits of tests, it is clear they are a tool used in the determination of opportunities. Many test advocates believe they help to break down old social barriers. Standardized tests, they say, move society toward a more...
Close up, you can see the pencil lines on all the posters, drawn to make sure the tempera slogans come out nice and straight. 18 by 15 inch slices of white cardboard, they hang square-cornered around the room, like paintings for sale in the lobby of a tacky movie theater. All red, white, blue, and black, all a little scary. The B-1: A Necessary Vitamin to Ward Off the Red Disease. Win One for the Gipper: Reagan 1980. Help Put the Laffer Curve to Work for Reagan. Big Government is the Enemy Within. Table SALT. And stretched across...