Word: penned
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...FAIR] LeapPad Pro talking books ($65) "read" to preschoolers, who can interrupt the story by pointing a "magic pen" at a word to hear it pronounced or at a picture to hear a sound effect. It's better--and cheaper--for parents to do the tutoring...
...their vastly more experienced co-stars. Pardue’s name is more interesting than his screen persona; despite some shamelessly contrived moments meant to mature his character, he comes off as a whiny, spoiled brat whose success on the track owes more to the scriptwriter’s pen than any personal talent. His every appearance drains energy from the picture. A relentlessly self-pitying and selfish child, his Bly garners little sympathy; one gets the feeling the audience roots for him only out of a sense of obligation. Warren is marginally better in a potentially interesting role that...
...overall budget, Bush - through Dick Cheney - had unsheathed his veto pen when it came to any increases in discretionary spending beyond 4 percent. Now (and this is the sort of newfound flexibility that goes with a shrinking tax cut) Bush told CNN that he's "keeping all options open...
...government is trying to accomplish what some of America's best entrepreneurs have failed to do so far--successfully apply the Internet treatment to the bureaucratic hernia that is health care. No other major business relies so heavily--and so inefficiently--on old-fashioned pen and paper. But health care doesn't have much spare change to spend on information technology, and the outdated systems that have been installed over the years have only made doctors more skeptical of tech's miracle cures. Billions have been lost trying to use the Net to cut the estimated $250 billion in administrative...
...avoidable deaths caused by medical errors. Last month the I.O.M. followed that up with a more sweeping indictment of the sorry state of IT in hospitals and doctors' offices. California has passed a bill requiring many hospitals to install technology by 2005 that will help reduce medication errors. "The pen," says Neal Patterson, chairman of health-IT veteran Cerner, "is the most dangerous, wasteful medical device...