Word: penning
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Word That Came to Dinner" [TIME, March 7], permit me to quote a rhyme from the pen of that homely bard-the poet of the people-Uncle Walt Mason...
Arguing that the American Revolution was not a mistake the Debate Council won its first post-war international debate but the losing due from Cambridge University won the audience with jabs and quips on such American institutions as the drug store and the ball point pen, and kept the more serious-minded Americans searching for an issue to fight...
...Manhattan, Macy's put on sale the latest samples of Ben & Joe's scientific endeavor, a combination felt hat and ballpoint pen. There was a beanie for girls (the Pen 'n Dink, 69?), a Robin Hood hat for boys (the Alpen, 59?) and even a beret-style (with better felt) for adults ($1.69). All were rakishly decorated with a long feather tipped with a ballpoint pen. Benay-Albee has stepped up production to 180,000 feather hats a week...
Settling himself to the chair he filled his pen and carefully lettered "Page One" on the upper let corner and "First" on the upper right, but no more, for another possibility crossed his mind. What if he should work through lunch? He set the alarm for noon and folded it under his pillow, then returned to the desk. "First Draft" he finished. He should note the time he started; getting out of his chair, he uncovered the alarm clock and noted the time, wound it tight and recovered it. Filling in the time, Vag thought a footnote was needed...
...American Independent Oil Co., which last year won the oil concession to Sheik Ahmad's half of the neutral zone (TIME, July 19), sent him a token of gratitude: a 195-foot diesel yacht, complete with 25-man crew, dishes, linen, and a sheep pen on the upper deck. "There's nothing elaborate about it," said American Independent's President Ralph Davies. "It's merely in good taste, and appropriate. He's the ruler of a country; he can't be expected to ride in a rowboat...