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...Carefully draw a line across the three to make a zero with pencil, and then iron it back together between two shirts," says the student, who swears by his recipe for deceit...

Author: By Deborah Wexler, | Title: FAKING IT IN HARVARD SQUARE | 3/7/1992 | See Source »

Campaign workers with signs compete for street corners. A Honda with a pencil-shaped "Write In Ralph Nader" sign strapped to the roof is parked in front of a meter that reads "Time Expired." On the sidewalk, a local television reporter interviews a silver-haired man, who says into the camera, "Harkin isn't stiff; he seems like a relaxed, regular guy. He betrays a certain barnyard roughness around the edges, I suppose, but he can communicate with the everyday American...

Author: By William H. Bachman, | Title: A Day at the Races | 2/20/1992 | See Source »

...feel sure that the people of New Hampshire are thinking, and they will use pencil-power on Tuesday," said Krone, as the behind him struck up the first few chords of the theme to the motion picture Rocky...

Author: By Joe Mathews, | Title: Waiting, Writing Cuomo | 2/18/1992 | See Source »

Just how much "pencil-power" the campaign will win today--and how much it needs to continue on to other states--is anything but certain...

Author: By Joe Mathews, | Title: Waiting, Writing Cuomo | 2/18/1992 | See Source »

Fifteen dollars is a lot to pay for a wooden comb which isn't significantly different from a drugstore plastic one. Crayons or pencil leads stuck in inch-thick twigs (complete with bark) are unwieldy and rough to the touch, and contribute (as do the combs) to deforestation through the unnecessary and wasteful use of wood. Besides, at $3.50 a crayon, it would take a month's wages to amass a 64-color...

Author: By Jendi B. Reiter, | Title: Just Don't Eat the Soap! | 1/17/1992 | See Source »

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