Word: sharpened
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this time around is as elaborately courteous as the whim-conscious Byrd, famous for sending cars for colleagues who need to get someplace in a hurry. A longtime Byrd supporter said, "If you took a pencil out, he'd sharpen it for you." Inouye is said to have the best shot at Byrd's endorsement if he can show enough solid early support, a rare commodity in a secret ballot, where Senators have been known to make up their minds early, but often...
...think it's a good opportunity, particularly in an election year, to give students a chance to sharpen their skills," Thornburgh added...
...screen. A computer combines the results and displays them instantaneously to the survey takers. EAR tests conducted during several Democratic debates last summer suggested that Arizona Democrat Bruce Babbitt was not coming across well on TV. Babbitt's staff reviewed the videotapes and ordered special coaching to sharpen the candidate's delivery...
While it is still unclear where the candidates standings are at this point, the senator still has to sharpen his image with voters. He has scheduled the announcment of his official candidacy in N.H. on November 9, and has waged a major effort to meet individually with voters...
...haven't gotten to the really boring part yet," Jane adds. After several weeks of analyzing, she was promoted to sharpening pencils--3500 Number Twos, to be exact. (Did you ever wonder who sharpened all those pencils for your standardized tests? Now you know.) Jane says the pencils were the most boring part of the summer, at least until she realized "you can sharpen pencils and read Lady Chatterley's Lover at the same time...After that I listened to the Grateful Dead because my boss went on vacation...