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First place goes to UBS with their smooth, sleek, gray and silver pen. The color palette says to those who see it, “yes I work ridiculous hours, but I’m rich, bitch!” Nevertheless, what matters is what’s under the hood, so to speak, and taking the top off this pen doesn’t disappoint. Once the cap is removed the entire balance of the pen changes. This is because the inside of the cap is lined with a soft rubbery material. The pen now balances perfectly...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: Time for a Rewrite? | 10/5/2005 | See Source »

...book wasn't written at all," she says. "I just sort of sat down and typed it. It wasn't written in the sense that I usually write things." Didion's prose is usually buffed to a high polish, but with this book she deliberately made the writing less smooth, taking out the transitions ("I was sort of crazy, so transitions really didn't figure") and waving off copy editors to keep it feeling choppy, unpolished, unmediated. "I really thought that if it was going to have any value, it had to be immediate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Color of Grief | 10/3/2005 | See Source »

...survivor is known for taking on outsize tasks, reflected best in his controversial vow to "end suffering and death due to cancer" by 2015. In a letter to the heads of major U.S. cancer centers, he talked up the virtue of having the FDA and NCI "work together" to smooth the path from lab bench to bedside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Concerns Dog the FDA | 10/3/2005 | See Source »

...HPT’s leaders say they are prepared for the adjustment. Each year, HPT hires 10 to 12 professionals to train its members. Together, the professionals and students ensure a smooth production, according to Garber...

Author: By April B. Wang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hasty Pudding Launches Script for New Production | 9/30/2005 | See Source »

...remains confident that this senior staff will ensure a smooth transition to new leadership, she said...

Author: By Nicholas M. Ciarelli and Alexander H. Greeley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Money Manager Leaves Post | 9/30/2005 | See Source »

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