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Word: penning (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...guess anybody who wears a uniform or who carries a pen and pad his whole professional life is a Peter Pan by trade: we want to keep our toys and adventures. It makes for an understanding relationship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Oct. 29, 1979 | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

Ferrante said that some people call her a "space cadet" because she "doesn't get hyper over being late to practice." However, her collection of empty pen cartridges--begun because someone told her that she needed a hobby--suggests that label may have some credence...

Author: By Nell Scovell, | Title: Two Soccer Players Make the Game Look Easy | 10/23/1979 | See Source »

McMahon's pen falls into the hands of his characters--his descriptions enhance their moods, drawing natural parallels to their conflicts...

Author: By Katherine P. States, | Title: The Real McKay | 10/20/1979 | See Source »

...From an Exchange of Letters," Voinovich depicts marriage as an abyss towards which an airman's pen-pal girlfriend pushes him. The fellow fancies himself a playboy, gets drunk, accepts the idea of marriage, passes out, forgets his promise, tries to get out of it, but gets hitched to the hellion anyway. The story ends...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: Slavic Deadpan | 10/12/1979 | See Source »

...smiled down at me from her six-foot six-inch height on heels. Her hair was a foot tall white mass piled high on her head and her voice was husky. "Here's you application and your W-4 form. Sit down here at the bar. You got a pen, honey...

Author: By Sarah G. Boxer, | Title: New Orleans Nocturne | 10/11/1979 | See Source »

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