Word: pencilling
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...early portraits-whether in pencil, like the exquisite study of Elaine de Kooning, Portrait of Elaine, circa 1940-41, or in oil-thus tended to consolidate an unerring density of structure beneath their tentative-looking, close-toned surfaces; all nuance and doubt on top (often de Kooning, like Arshile Gorky, could not bring himself to give the final form to a hand or the side of a face, leaving it a worried blur), they were iron below. It was de Kooning's draftsmanship that enabled him to fix his parings from other artists-from Gorky, John Graham and, above...
...package. But then he began to suggest changes, and finally he agreed to a deal that included his proposed modifications. By now the two men were sitting on a log, and it had started to rain. Nitze had brought along a typed version of the possible agreement and a pencil and paper for Kvitsinsky to make his own copy. Huddled over their work, sheltering their papers against the drizzle, they tinkered with the language so that they could each have identical versions. The text began, "This is a joint exploratory package for the consideration of both governments...
Robison's quirky usage also enlivens the stories unexpectedly perfect words pop up like Kleenex in the midst of an unremarkable description. We become reacquainted with the "nose" of a pencil, and the "dish rinser" that one uses to "spritz" the dinner plates. We need these sparks of craft because many of these thirteen stories are so brief as to be almost like SAT exercises in creative writing (write a scene between two or three closely related characters, starting in the middle. Be sure to include subtle details to establish time, place, and motivation. Stop after you have finished work...
...difficult to believe at first," recalls Texas Investigator Paul Smith, "but then we corroborated some of his statements." Lucas cooperated fully, drawing detailed pencil sketches of his victims and, in a few cases, leading investigators on walking tours of murder sites...
Next year what Dr. Fleming knew about the mold's bacteria-baiting byproduct appeared in the British Journal of Experimental Pathology. He had found out that the mold was some kind of Penicillium (from the Latin for pencil-the shape of the magnified mold). He named its by-product penicillin. Having made his great discovery, Dr. Fleming went on to other work. He was engaged in many other experiments-no scientist knows just which of his bottles contains the Nobel Prize...