Word: penning
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...crime. Cowan's explanation of "the apparent nexus between television and antisocial conduct" is too shallow-- he doesn't bother to talk about the psychological (and more interesting) aspects, choosing instead to get lost in the legalese of Congressional reports. Later, he quotes a writer who wanted to pen the teleplay for an episode of The FBI about the 1965 bombing of a black church in Birmingham, Ala. He asked his producer, who checked with Ford Motor Co. (the sponsor), the FBI (every show was cleared by the agency) and ABC. The producer reported back "they would be delighted...
...batsmen came back for four runs on five hits in the sixth and seventh to pull within two and force the departure of the Waltham flamethrower, Bob Birrell. But Kevin Moore came through with three scoreless innings out of the pen, and Brandeis made no mistakes the rest...
...writing a book is a search. None of the three take place in the present. The expedition was planned and executed. It didn't just emerge; it wasn't just there. Nor is meditation anything more than an active pursuit of self-knowledge, while writing is looking backwards. Putting pen to paper involves memory, and memory is linked to thought. By recalling his thoughts Matthiessen reveals not just what he was thinking but that he was thinking which means, in turn, he wasn't simply being...
...again the terrified Muhammad felt the choking grip. "Proclaim!" ordered the angel for a third time. "Proclaim in the name of the Lord, the Creator who created man from a clot of blood! Proclaim! Your Lord is most gracious. It is he who has taught man by the pen that which he does not know...
When Sadat spied Kissinger, he pulled him forward from the crowd, kissed him on both cheeks and gave him the gold Parker pen with which he had signed the treaty. "I have saved this for you," said Sadat. "I was going to give it to you tonight, but I want you to have it now." Kissinger carefully carried the pen back to his K Street office and sent it out to be framed...