Word: penning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...part, Le Pen clearly enjoys his new notoriety, well aware that all the negative publicity helps fire up his supporters. No one seriously expects Le Pen to occupy the presidential palace next year, but he could help determine who does...
...Maybe I am," Betty Sue replied, watching Johnny pen a love poem on her ankle...
...ordered the usual 10 bowling trophies, two dozen gold electroplated thermometers and three personalized combination-pen-pencil- business-card-holder-paper-weights...
...ordinary tasks pose extraordinary challenges. Buttoning his shirt, for example. Because there is no feeling in the tip of his left thumb and forefinger, he aligns the buttons by sight and gingerly guides them through the holes; each one can take ten minutes. In public appearances, he clasps a pen in his clawlike right hand to ward off aggressive handshakers who have not noticed his withered arm as they crowd around him, thrusting scraps of paper and clamoring for autographs. He responds patiently -- "I'm not a very good writer" -- and laboriously signs with his left hand, which he learned...
...Yuli Vorontsov, the chief Soviet negotiator, predicted that an agreement could be reached by summer, it is still to be seen whether the momentum can be sustained. Both Gorbachev and Reagan would certainly like to hold a successful summit later this year -- maybe even one at which they exchange pens after initialing an arms-control agreement. But a lot of tough bargaining will have to take place before anyone can pull out a pen...