Word: penned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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While such feelings of discomfort may be unwarranted, they cannot be wiped away with the simple stroke of a bureaucrat's pen. Homosexuals are not accepted in society by many Americans. This fact can only be changed over time, if it is to be changed at all. To force such a drastic change on the military would be to dismiss entirely the primary purpose of the armed forces. The military is designed to win wars as quickly and with as few casualties as possible. It is a not a laboratory in which social engineers may perform their experiments at will...
Every morning, before his private and general audiences, John Paul devotes an hour or so to writing or -- increasingly, as age and injuries have taken their toll -- to dictation. When he can, he composes quickly, in Polish, with a neat, flowing hand, using a black felt-tipped pen. On the top left of every page he prints the letters AMDG (initials for Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam -- To the Greater Glory of God). On the top right of the first page he inscribes Tuus Totus (All Thine), the opening words of a short prayer to the Virgin whose text he continues...
...Osservatore Romano -- the semiofficial Vatican daily -- that criticized Lech Walesa and the Solidarity movement. The article was signed by deputy editor Don Virgilio Levi. Dressed down by the Vatican's Under Secretary of State, Levi proposed to run a retraction. But the official pointed sternly to the pen and paper on his desk. "The Holy Father wants you to write your resignation," he said. "Now!" (This year, too, the Vatican pressured Father Jean-Bertrand Aristide into seeking laicization if he wanted to remain President of Haiti...
...Dartboard do not rejoice. This mysterious new technology for recording marks could reach into our public schools, where tens of millions of students take standardized tests every year. No more rolls of needle-sharp pencils for those kids--it's BYOEP (bring your own erasable pen) if you think you'll make mistakes...
...down in the chair. Pick up the pen and get to work," Howard said, reciting the internal dialogue of "effective effort...