Word: pencils
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...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...
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...
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...
This is, I am told, a more common occurrence in Europe, which I suppose means you could wind up in another country. Bring a No. 2 pencil and a passport. Villagers in Brussels bolt their doors, as waves of Germans with extraordinary analytical scores flood in for a few gruelling hours of bubbling...
...beach, the smaller granddaughter, Anastasia, pressed tightly against my side and held my hand. R.M. led me and M.S. to the gazebo and sent the others to the waterside. She hastily tore some blank pages from her notebook, burrowed in her purse, came out with a stub of pencil and handed it to me: "I will leave you two here...