Word: penned
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...argues that the Aboriginal people have been subject to "genocide," and that this genocide is continuing. "The community is constantly under attack," she says. "From the police and legislation. Now they kill us with a stroke of the pen. We have no say in the legislation or the justice system...
...year experience was exceedingly pleasant. My parents would take me to get new school supplies, and my clever and often ear-splitting negotiating tactics meant that I had a good shot at returning home with a new, utterly useless prize, like a special bendable pencil or a cherry-scented pen. On the eve of the new school year, I would organize my new loot carefully, caressing the shiny loose-leaf folders, sharpening the pencils, testing out the pink erasers. I'd set out my clothing for the next morning; as I got older, this ritual often involved lengthy consultations with...
...choice of speakers to the entertainment to the look of the stage. On Wednesday she will give the speech kicking off the roll-call vote that will formally nominate her father. The gauzy biographical film touting Gore as the man from Carthage will be vetted by her; her pen will edit the remarks of both the Vice President and Tipper Gore. And when Senator Joseph Lieberman, Gore's running mate, shows up to take his place, you can be certain that she weighed in on the decision to put him there...
...side of this week, too: Too many rich white people swilling $400 bottles of champagne, barely veiled sexism, homophobia and elitism. I've struggled to maintain my objectivity as I covered pro-choice protests outside Philadelphia's most exclusive restaurants and clubs, fighting the urge to throw down my pen and paper, toss aside my press credentials and join the fray...
...sure," I said, and he handed me the package and the pen, the grimy list of deliveries pulled from his waterproof satchel. Thinking as an intern, I knew my signature couldn't possibly be traced if this package was lost, but with typical intern bravado I looked like I had signed many of these before. As I stood near him, the temperature in the office building seemed to rise from its normal level of refrigeration. The room also filled with a rich musty scent of a courier at work...