Word: penned
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...White House desk in any form ? then at least Republicans can take the fight to him. Initiative like that might have helped with the tax cut, says TIME White House correspondent Jay Branegan. "Before the Republicans were able to agree on anything, Clinton was standing there with the veto pen in his hand," he says. "He and the Democrats were able to talk people out of a big tax cut before it ever got started." This year, say the polls, the suspicion is that the cut would favor the rich and squander the surplus. Next year? Voters ought...
...convert the printed word into digital form for reports or homework, C Technologies and Siemens have developed digital highlighters. Simply swipe them across a line of text, and they will store data for transfer to your PC, via infrared or serial port. Both Siemens' PocketReader and C Technologies' C Pen 200 cost $200. FIGHT OF YOUR LIFE Step into the lush, futuristic world of Final Fantasy VIII, the latest installment of the blockbuster PlayStation series that has sold some 22 million copies worldwide. Gorgeous scenery with cinematic touches and realistic-looking characters make this epic tale of good vs. evil...
...longer does the threat of a midterm draw students to class. Section quizzes on lecture material mean not a thing. Forever gone are hand cramps, loose-leaf paper, lost pen caps and spiral notebooks; a syllabus to follow the reading material and a computer with Internet access provide a more compact and complete explanation of the course...
...quell your urge to smoke, perhaps the chance to nab a speedier ticket to heaven will do the trick. On Friday, the Vatican released an updated manual on indulgences, with several additions to the acts of faith that lessen a Catholic?s time spent in purgatory ?- the heavenly holding pen outside the pearly gates. The pope announced the church will now give "partial" indulgences to parishioners who quit smoking, even for a day. (A full indulgence is achieved when the self-restraint is accompanied by confession and communion.) The money that would have been spent on the cigarettes should...
...that Bill and Hillary Clinton had settled on a house just up the street from me in Chappaqua, N.Y., the first thing I did was hop in my car and do a drive-by. How can I deny it? Half the village was there. With the stroke of a pen (and imminent transfer of $1.7 million), the First Couple have managed to turn a quiet suburban cul-de-sac into the surest spot in town to be seen...