| 单词 | ballpoint |
| 例句 | My hand crept instinctively toward my pocket, where I kept my lethal ballpoint pen, Riptide. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Books are allowed, but no sharp pencils or ballpoint pens either. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z A slim ballpoint pen lay in his palm. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z There was something sinister about the absence of noise on the busy ballpoint street. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There's a clipboard chart with a ballpoint hanging on a hook at the end of the bed, so I write "Christopher Carter" in the space for the patient's name. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I traced my finger over and over the ballpoint I love you, and the whole time I felt ashamed, some sicko who just couldn’t stop, even after her parents died. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z She dragged a ballpoint pen across the tape sealing the Bayside Press box. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Mr. Levy looked at the envelope, on which “personal” had been written three times in red ballpoint. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a ballpoint pen in my hand. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z One day, though, the letter finally did arrive — an ordinary letter, come without incident through the ordinary channels, with a large ballpoint X just where he wanted it. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I finally decide I'm going to just stab him a thousand times with a ballpoint pen. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z They passed out flyers, pamphlets—A Message from City Councilman John Kwang—buttons, ballpoint pens, keychains, lapel pins, every last piece of it stamped with his perfectly angled script, simply signed, John. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I took out my ballpoint pen, but Annabeth locked eyes with me—a silent warning. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z She grabbed her pad and a ballpoint, walked in, and sat where Mr. Larson had been. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z “I’m...trying”—Sierra scratched furiously at the wooden boardwalk with the ballpoint pen, but only a few broken lines came out—“to make something I can shadowshape with.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z He trades in fountain pens for ballpoints, Wilkinson blades and his boar- bristled shaving brush for Bic razors bought six to a pack. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He asked that friend if he’d be willing to trade him a cheap ballpoint pen in exchange for the paper clip. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Teddy abruptly took out a small, bullet-shaped, ballpoint pen from the side pocket of his shorts, uncapped it, and began to write. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z I capped my sword, stuck the ballpoint pen in my pocket. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I touched the pen cap to the sword tip and instandy Riptide shrank to a ballpoint pen again. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He had taped the clear tube of a ballpoint pen to the threaded end of the needle, and on top of that he had fixed a tennis ball. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z I tap Kaila’s good hand with the ballpoint and motion to Mom, who’s moved on to straightening the stirrers and straws at the self-service station. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z On both his hands there were tattoos of daggers drawn with ballpoint pen. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He has a clipboard on his lap, a ballpoint pen in one hand. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z After several hours the commandant’s assistant calls him in and sets down his ballpoint and looks across his desk as though Werner is one among a vast series of trivial problems he must put right. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Within four days he had set up a small company that was selling cheap plastic ballpoint pens specially imprinted with the word frindle. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z On impulse, I take a pad of sketch paper and a ballpoint from Taft’s room and begin to draw. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The pen didn’t look like much, just a regular cheap ballpoint, but when Percy uncapped it, it grew into a glowing bronze sword. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He finished fifteenth, and was awarded a ballpoint pen, perhaps because he was the youngest player. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I stayed up reading the day-old newspaper Abuelo left behind or traced the flower patterns on paper napkins with a ballpoint pen. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z And oh yes, we will be getting “little presents” now and then— ballpoint pens, coffee mugs, T-shirts promoting seasonal items. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She was armed with a spiral notebook and a ballpoint pen. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z His ballpoint pen bore the name of a pharmaceutical company. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In the gift shop, Gogol buys a postcard of the house and a ballpoint pen disguised as a quill. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They sat across a desk from each other; the man had Shadow’s file open in front of him, and was holding a ballpoint pen. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z He took the cheap ballpoint pen and traded it for a roll of Scotch tape. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Next went her notebook, her ballpoint, her history book, a stack of note cards, until her bookbag lay crumpled on the floor like a shed skin and everything that had been inside it had scattered. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The ballpoint pens with London’s streets in them. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I took out a ballpoint pen and started pressing it against a piece of scrap paper, making dents in the paper but not making a mark. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z On top of his papers and framed photographs is Eduardo’s goldtone ballpoint pen, obviously a family gift, maybe from high school graduation, and here’s the little boy taking it, writing slowly in the air. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I grab a ballpoint and write "Bobby" on the palm of my left hand. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I took the ballpoint pen out of my pocket and uncapped it. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Then the grenade morphed into a ballpoint pen, and Mars began to write. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z So now, knowing the sort of world he lived in, he went into a stationery shop and bought a ballpoint, a pad of paper, and a clipboard. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She brings a blue ballpoint and the newspaper back to Vivian. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z And two ballpoint pens—the top halves filled with water in which a cut-out collage of a London streetscape was suspended. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The ballpoint pen always appeared back in my pocket no matter where I lost it. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z It was only two pages, written in black ballpoint. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z To make these guns, we removed the core from the mpoloni’s stem, much like disassembling a ballpoint pen, and used it as both a ramrod and trigger. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z She read six books a day and could do two crossword puzzles at once—with a ballpoint pen. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z He recognized the guard and, possibly as a prank, held a ballpoint pen to his neck. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Taking up his Levy Pants ballpoint pen, he began writing on the first sheet of new Blue Horse paper: Dear Reader, Books are immortal sons defying their sires. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I open up the book the way he asks, and the pages smell like a ballpoint pen. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z “For Gogol Ganguli,” it says on the front endpaper in his father’s tranquil hand, in red ballpoint ink, the letters rising gradually, optimistically, on the diagonal toward the upper right-hand corner of the page. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Reaching across Inspector Garland’s desk, he plucked a pad of paper toward him; with a ballpoint pen he drew a sketch. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z My hand went to my pocket, where I kept my lethal ballpoint pen, Riptide. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z As for Percy, he held his magic ballpoint pen like he was trying to decide whether to bust out some sword moves or autograph Nike’s chariot. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Draw something,” Her mother passed her a sheet of paper and a ballpoint pen. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z He chewed the end of his ballpoint pen, then turned over the sheet of paper. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “A frindle,” and this time Nick pointed at the ballpoint pens behind her on the shelf. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I had started to inventory the bookshelves when I got a letter from Ted, a note actually, written hurriedly in ballpoint on his prescription notepad. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z When he touched the cap to the point of the sword, it would turn back into a ballpoint pen. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z My hands are so sweaty, it's hard to hold the ballpoint. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z After choosing a nib Tillie said, "I hope in the future, Noah, that you will use a ballpoint pen only when you have to press hard to make multiple carbons." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Sen came to them in tidy ballpoint script, posted on an index card outside the supermarket: ‘‘Professor’s wife, responsible and kind, I will care for your child in my home.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “Welcome to the Jump & Grind,” I say, tapping the guest check pad with the cap end of the blue ballpoint. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z He whipped out a ballpoint pen, scribbled rapidly on the back of the contract. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z It was an ordinary disposable ballpoint, black ink, removable cap. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The man nodded, scribbled one final note, then he closed the file and put down the ballpoint pen. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Riptide shrank back into a ballpoint pen, but now the writing point was exposed. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The boy leaned against a lavatory and began drawing on the back of his hands with a ballpoint pen. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It glowed with all of its special objects—ballpoint pens, cheese-filled crackers, candy bars, rain bonnets—each one of them giving off its own special light. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Now, a ballpoint pen is slightly more valuable than a paper clip, but it’s still not worth very much money in the grand scheme of things. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Wednesday chuckled, and began to pore over his maps, unfolding and refolding them, making occasional notes on a yellow legal pad with a large silver ballpoint pen. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Two ballpoint pens with silent streetscapes and red London buses that floated up and down in them. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Kevin, who is sitting to my right, adds a third drop of red ballpoint blood to the two already oozing off the end of the knife he’s drawn on his binder. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z She bent down and picked up a gold ballpoint pen, the fancy kind. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl sat at her dressing table, a much-handled clothbound score open on her knees, marking here and there with a ballpoint pen. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z She dragged a ballpoint pen across the tape sealing the Bayside Press box. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z They wrote things on the walls—tiny secret things in ballpoint pen and sprawling screaming things in spray paint. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z A Victorinox flash drive has a built-in blade, nail file, screwdriver, scissors, key ring, light and ballpoint pen. Noticed: Portable Art, Data Not Included 2010-10-13T21:39:00Z Count on T-shirts printed with a ballpoint pen sketch of a neck scarf and pebble textured shoes being customer favorites next summer. Special Report: The Forecast? Variable and Partly Stylish 2010-06-20T16:13:00Z Before a single question has been asked, he positions himself at a conference table and — head defiantly down — starts drawing slashing lines with a ballpoint pen across a notepad. Mel Gibson proves a tad touchy on his ‘Hacksaw Ridge’ comeback tour 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z So much so that when one poor soul was compelled to drive a ballpoint pen into his forehead, the temptation to emulate him was almost irresistible. Review: Trapped in a Deadly Game of ‘Blumhouse’s Truth or Dare’ 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Who has the time or energy to investigate toilet paper and toothpicks, dog toys, bathroom tiles, ballpoint pens, socks, tomatoes? What does the term "ethical coffee" actually mean? 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z Ms. Blank’s works from the ’70s through the ’90s use ballpoint pen, ink and watercolor to create dense fields of blue that, on closer inspection, are made up of thousands of tiny marks. Review: The 2015 Armory Show Overlaps History and Cultures 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z I wrote with a cheap ballpoint pen in the exercise book that I used for lecture notes. Do We Write Differently on a Screen? 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z Tight ballpoint hatching over lightly applied blue pencil, in “Monongahelia River Falls near Riverside West Virginia,” vividly produces the effect of rushing water. Joseph E. Yoakum Isn’t Who You Think 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z I picked it up, and found a piece of tinfoil with a startled, vivid smoky streak across it, a homemade pipe fashioned from the body of a ballpoint pen carelessly discarded nearby. From poster mom to pariah 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z I had been signing baseballs on the street using a pen, a ballpoint, and the Sharpie signature is much more professional. ‘This isn’t just a stupid story, it’s a big story’: An oral history of Sharpiegate 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z Her first assemblage, “A California Pearl,” was inspired by Victorian homes in the Bay Area and was created with chopsticks, keys, ballpoint pen springs, sand and costume jewelry. And now for something lighter: these amusing white-on-white portraits assembled from junk 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z Instead, he did all the sketches, more than 3,000 in total, with a ballpoint pen. Jack Black really wants you to see his new movie. He paid for it himself. 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z It would be written, as all his letters were, with a black ballpoint, in his beautifully legible handwriting; more familiar to me than his face itself. Tania Unsworth: ‘My father was almost heroic to me. Then he cut me out of his life’ 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z So I mostly read while sitting upright, at a desk, ballpoint pen in hand. | Books: Ah, the Trips Taken by Just Sitting Still 2013-07-18T21:24:20Z He later said that the sort of ballpoint pens he wrote with were no longer manufactured and asked readers to send him their own pens. Tom Sharpe, Wilt novelist, dies aged 85 2013-06-06T09:45:25Z Dario, who collected pens, brought me a ballpoint covered in hearts and an image of Minnie Mouse. Modern Love: A Brother, Lost and Found: Modern Love 2011-09-16T19:37:05Z Her drawings in ballpoint pen, acrylic and spray paint seem at war with the clean digital imagery of Barratt Homes or shopping developments. Artist of the week 126: Laura Oldfield Ford 2011-02-18T13:09:32Z Best gadget: Bond's ballpoint pen – also a "class four grenade", armed by pushing its clicky top three times. My favourite Bond film: GoldenEye 2012-09-26T08:00:13Z Made in ballpoint pen and colored pencil, they have an otherworldly palette and unforgettable undulating lines. Joseph E. Yoakum Isn’t Who You Think 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z Stretched out on a lounge chair, clad in a T-shirt and running shorts, I scribbled intently in my pink journal with my favorite turquoise ballpoint pen. Growing up in Westboro Baptist Church: We were “true believers,” everyone else the enemy 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z We might be able to highlight, look up, annotate and bookmark with the swipe of a finger, but we already did all that with paper books, ballpoint pens and forest-felling, brick-thick dictionaries. For young readers, the book's the thing whatever technology may bring 2012-06-13T14:41:01Z This complete set of ten color screen prints was signed in ballpoint pen by Pop Art icon Andy Warhol. Andy Warhol Prints Are on the Block 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z Fumbling with a ballpoint pen and agitatedly clicking it, seeming with each click to adjust his calculation, he finally gripped it and wrote “180” on a small piece of paper. Paul Theroux’s Mexican Journey 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z The painting, dating from the 1930s, shows three torsos and heads with hair but no facial features; the vandal drew eyes on two of them with a ballpoint pen. Russian gallery says guard added eyes to avant-garde work 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z She scorns the prosecutor for her “tacky earrings . . . uneven bangs and eyebrows that look like they were drawn on with a ballpoint pen.” ‘Quicksand’: Sweden’s latest blockbuster thriller lives up to the hype 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z In reproduction, they may look like inky silhouettes, but their solid shapes are built up one laborious black ballpoint line at a time. 4 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z Julie Mehretu's drawings always appear as a kind of rushing, hurrying energy, layer after layer of scratches, dabs, dabbles and judders as she switches from graphite to watercolour, ballpoint pen to bits of coloured tape. White Cube drawing show: The thin grey line 2010-07-20T20:31:00Z Even more remarkable, and less familiar, are large drawings from 1966 notable especially for their skeins of automatist drawing in pencil, crayon and ballpoint. Review: ‘Peter Saul: From Pop to Punk,’ a Firebrand Willing to Offend 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z They argued that Mitchell never used a ballpoint pen to sign her name, and there are significant differences between the way in which the letters of her real signature and this one are formed. Treasures: A first-edition 'Gone With the Wind'? Fiddle-de-dee! 2011-10-14T19:53:51Z He draws with ballpoint pen and colored pencil, sometimes layered atop or beneath other substances. In the galleries: Scenes of nature with allusions to religious art 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z Then I noticed something stuck between two pages: a torn, weathered bit of notebook paper with ballpoint scribbles. Going Back to China in Search of My Daughter’s Secret Past 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z Someone has scrawled the words “WAKE UP” on the window in the victim’s blood — the same message written in ballpoint pen on her own wrist. ‘Dangerous Road. No Cell Service. Drive at Own Risk.’ 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z Yet more bizarre are the amateur tattooing machines fashioned from ballpoint pen tubes wired to pocket batteries. Why I went to prison on my holiday 2010-08-22T18:59:00Z She writhes ludicrously on stage under the weight of a normal ballpoint pen and imagines a conversation between the Bronte sisters in which they bemoan the challenges of writing with a "male" pen. Women have the last laugh at Edinburgh Fringe 2013-08-27T16:07:25Z Kesey felt compelled to say to him, “Tom, why don’t you put that notebook and that ballpoint pen away and just Be Here?” Tom Wolfe Kept a Close, Comical and Astonished Eye on America 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z The Scotsman's music critic Conrad Wilson was a cantankerous monitor of Drummond's music programme, and took to "dressing down" for concerts, often sporting a brightly coloured ballpoint pen on a chain. Iain Crawford obituary 2011-08-04T17:21:28Z The diary page was blank, except for one word scribbled in black ballpoint pen. Directing the Beatles Was Just One Part of His Long and Winding Career 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z The ballpoint pen scratched loudly in the otherwise silent room. Modern Love: What the Rabbi Said 2010-12-18T05:20:05Z In blue ballpoint pen, in Lou Reed’s cursive handwriting, was the address, to and from his parents’ house. Lou Reed’s Archive, Coming to the New York Public Library 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z But with the exception of my own handicap, I'm fine with the rest of the pen universe: your gels, your felt tips, your ballpoints. Get the lead out: Pencils are garbage 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z This week's auction of rock and pop memorabilia also includes a copy of the LP "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" signed by all four Beatles in red ballpoint pen. Lennon 'Paperback Writer' guitar tops auction offerings 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z It has telephone handsets hanging from spiral cords, ballpoint pens dangling from thin chains, and other pieces of office equipment attached. ‘Puddle, pothole, portal’ at SculptureCenter in Queens 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z The teenager crouches on the rectory’s kitchen floor, idly inking his forearm with a ballpoint pen. Review: In Sara Fellini’s ‘In Vestments,’ Haunted by More Than Ghosts 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z Like Charles, an amateur watercolorist, O’Connor moonlights as a visual artist, drawing with a ballpoint pen during downtime on set. Can “The Crown” Make Us Crush on Prince Charles? 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z His first drawings were made using ballpoint pens. Design: When Desmond Paul Henry Traded His Pen for a Machine 2011-02-27T19:00:05Z Scrawled by his wife in black ballpoint pen, it reads: "Practise happiness." Director Joe Wright: 'I go nuts if I'm idle' 2013-02-20T19:30:01Z Writing in ballpoint with painful, gouty fingers, he began to pour his crystalline memories of the war and of his impoverished childhood in Belgium into two large notebooks, some 600 pages of manuscript. Review: ‘War and Turpentine,’ a Grandfather’s Painful Life 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z The first thing we see him doing is balancing his checkbook with a ballpoint pen. Movie Review: ‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’ Stars Ben Stiller 2013-12-24T18:27:55Z However, a similar sentiment is less melodramatically, more poetically embodied in Hodges' straightforward drawing in ballpoint ink of a bucolic landscape beneath an apocalyptic sky. Loss permeates Jim Hodges' art; prepare for heartbreak 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z “In wildness is the preservation of the world,” he wrote — although probably not with a ballpoint pen. In the galleries: Scenes of nature with allusions to religious art 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z His pictures from that time are in blue ballpoint pen on pieces of paper torn out of notebooks — that’s all Kostenko had. Ukrainian children’s war diaries are displayed in Amsterdam, where Anne Frank wrote in hiding 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z An award-wining wildlife artist who works with ballpoint pens has created a new collection to aid conservation efforts. Biro artist Cy Baker's work aids conservation efforts 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z They recorded its vitals — a plump and healthy Townsend’s warbler weighing 8.4 grams, about as much as a ballpoint pen — and gently clamped an identification band on one of its legs. This dirt parking lot in the San Gabriel Mountains is a magnet for migrating birds 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z Like Laurie, Mike put the brakes on before breaking out the ballpoint pen. Before you sign a contract, pause and get advice 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z In its 94 years, Fahrney’s has outlasted the advent of mass-produced ballpoints, the rise of email and text messages, and a pandemic that decimated newer downtown businesses all around it. An old pen shop proves mightier than the pandemic and the death of cursive 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z As the train started west, he heated the aluminum with a lighter and sucked in the smoke through a pipe fashioned from a ballpoint pen. L.A. riders bail on Metro trains amid 'horror' of deadly drug overdoses, crime 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z The artist, from Netley in Hampshire, said using ballpoint pens is a "novelty" in the art world and the Bic biro is his preferred model. Biro artist Cy Baker's work aids conservation efforts 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z On his desk, a cup held a cluster of dried up ballpoint pens and a thin, flat sketching pencil. Making art — and still making the mortgage — at a Hollywood auto body shop 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z The remark refers to an antisemitic conspiracy that the Holocaust victim’s diary is fake because parts of Frank’s diary were written in ballpoint pen, which wasn’t introduced to the Netherlands until after World War II. Antisemitic message projected onto Anne Frank House in Amsterdam 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z Some have historical connections, like the Fisher Apollo, a ballpoint pen that traveled to the moon and contains gas that allows it to work underwater, upside down, in freezing temperatures and at zero gravity. An old pen shop proves mightier than the pandemic and the death of cursive 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z I rolled out up my identical navy checked sleeve and put a ballpoint pen to my own pale skin. I Promised God It Was the Last Time 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z The photos he took on his trip are being used as inspiration for his latest collection of ballpoint pen-drawn pieces. Biro artist Cy Baker's work aids conservation efforts 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z They were phased out with the introduction of ballpoint pens. France's Brigitte Macron backs uniforms for schools 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z In the 1980s, multiple pages written in ballpoint pen were found among Frank’s papers by the country’s top official for fighting antisemitism, according to The Associated Press. Antisemitic message projected onto Anne Frank House in Amsterdam 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z “With a ballpoint pen, your hand tends to get a little cramped,” he said. An old pen shop proves mightier than the pandemic and the death of cursive 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z A term for a common ballpoint pen, similar to a Bic. Todger, Tiggy, Biro and Spike: A glossary of Harry's Britishisms for 'Spare' readers 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z While she was working as an administrative assistant, she started drawing at her desk, using the only medium available to her — a ballpoint pen. Forget honey bees. This L.A. artist finds meaning chasing California native bees 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z Sitting in the gallery that overlooks the Senate floor, lobbyists pulled out ballpoint pens to track the yeas and nays. Cigars, Booze, Money: How a Lobbying Blitz Made Sports Betting Ubiquitous 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z But the message is not merely to cast a ballot, but how: “Use a blue ballpoint pen only when you vote!” A meme about blue pens shows 2020 false claims still warp voting in 2022 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z Said Roberts: “The ballpoint pen did as all ballpoint pens did in those days: It wrote in Morse code.” Perspective | Remembering kid quiz shows in the years before ‘It’s Academic’ 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z On its website, the elections office says the ink from ballpoint pens doesn’t dry as quickly. False claims about pens in Arizona primary prompts warning 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z Typically that means they are larger than about 0.5 mm — the thickness of a strong line made with a ballpoint pen. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He was wearing one of his trademark double-breasted suits, along with a pink tie, and as he talked he sometimes removed a retractable ballpoint pen from his jacket and fidgeted with its clicker. How One Restaurateur Transformed America’s Energy Industry 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z Users trumpeted the call to use blue ballpoint pens in response to news items on social media from battleground states such as Michigan and Pennsylvania. A meme about blue pens shows 2020 false claims still warp voting in 2022 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z Before she arrived at the Met Gala, Nicki Minaj was sadly involved in an explosion at an ink factory, which analysts fear could prompt a worldwide shortage of ballpoint pens. Met Gala: 22 of the hottest looks from the 2022 red carpet 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z You have to use a ballpoint pen to pop out the proprietary pin and then swap in a different set of lugs just so you can use standard straps. Polar Pacer Pro review: same watch in a slightly different package 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z Simply touching a suspicious gray patch of skin with a ballpoint pen can be the first step: If a patient feels no sensation that might mean leprosy. Leprosy Hospital Offers Healing, and a Haven, to the Shunned 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z Then she bought me the Monteverde One Touch Engage pen, which uses fountain pen ink in a roller-ball format — in other words, it uses ink like a fountain pen but writes like a ballpoint. The Verge’s favorite guilty pleasures 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z The researchers next tried the same setup, but with ballpoint pens. Among social scientists, a vigorous debate over loss aversion 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z Each pack comes with five, medium-tip ballpoint pens, providing just the right amount of levity for when your life is falling apart at the seams. The Verge’s favorite holiday gifts under $25 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z So it is time to pay attention — even if you still think crypto is mostly for teenagers with ballpoint tattoos. Column: Crypto trading just got safer, and that's too bad 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z Q: One year ago, I washed my favorite gray T-shirt with a ballpoint pen, which made two big spots on the back of the shirt. Laundry expert Patric Richardson is back with a book, TV show and much more advice 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z Le was unarmed, but reportedly was carrying a ballpoint pen. Council member, Le family call for King County sheriff to resign after internal email on settlement 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z The son of a farmer in Taiwan, he attended a vocational school that trained students at a factory producing zippers and ballpoint pens. 2 Immigrant Paths: One Led to Wealth, the Other Ended in Death in Atlanta 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z They’ve also repeatedly stated that the Paper Mate ballpoint pen Le was reported to have been carrying is the same kind used by the Sheriff’s Office and have implied it was planted at the scene. King County Sheriff’s Office will pay $5 million settlement in deputy’s fatal shooting of Tommy Le 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z As much as he’ll miss those novelty ballpoint pens that shoot out fake blood, Mr. Zinkhann understands why the museum had to go. Living Dead Museum rising again at Monroeville Mall 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z The algal cell pictured here in red, a Coscinodiscus diatom, is 90 micrometers across, or one tenth the width of a ballpoint pen’s tip. Even Tiny Phytoplankton Have Microbiomes 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z As an example, he cited a rejection of his complaints by the prison’s Northeast Regional Office in part because he failed to use a ballpoint pen “to appropriately allow the carbon copies to be readable.” Ex-CIA engineer tells judge he’s incarcerated like an animal 2021-01-24T05:00:00Z He established global licensing agreements that put his name on everything from ballpoint pens to fancy watches. Obituary: Pierre Cardin 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z In felt-tip pens, in pencil and ballpoint on notepaper, she articulated her desires on the backs of envelopes, holiday greetings or magazine subscription blow-in cards. 'A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky' reveals Octavia E. Butler's early life in Pasadena 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z He went on to suggest voters use a ballpoint pen instead. Claim that Sharpie pens ruin Arizona ballots misses the mark 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z Helpful tip: Use a black ballpoint pen, not a red Magic Marker. Perspective | Voting by drop box or mail is easy, but follow instructions and make your vote count 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Over several weeks, it was revealed that there was no knife — only a ballpoint pen. Sheriff Johanknecht apologizes to family of Tommy Le; community leaders criticize her office for lack of oversight 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z The investigation found Le was clutching a ballpoint pen and witnesses said he had been yelling about being the “creator” before Molina fired a total of six shots. Internal investigation into deputy’s killing of Burien man had ‘serious gaps,’ outside review finds 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z Inside, election workers will wear masks and face shields, and voters are encouraged to bring their own ballpoint pens, though single-use pens will be provided. Arlington’s special election draws Democrat, Republican, independent candidates 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z He hates plastic ballpoint pens “because they get run over and break into 200 pieces,” he said. Retired postal carrier picks up St. Paul neighborhood trash 2020-05-23T04:00:00Z Currently, I’m using a True Writer ballpoint pen from Levenger that I got as a birthday present, but any pen that makes you feel good will do. Our 14 favorite gadgets and hacks for working at home 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z A sheriff’s review board found the shooting justified and argued that a ballpoint pen was a potentially deadly weapon and that “deadly force still might have been an understandable outcome.” Sheriff Johanknecht apologizes to family of Tommy Le; community leaders criticize her office for lack of oversight 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z We’d try to copy the ballpoint pen drawings we would see.” Painter Shizu Saldamando puts a face to L.A.'s Latinx art and punk scenes 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z Instead of making entries by hand, whether with flowery script from ink-dipped pens in Victorian-era New York or ballpoints today, officers will type in their notes, which the app will send to a department database. Why the N.Y.P.D. Dropped One of Its Oldest Crime-Fighting Tools 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z He performs an emergency tracheotomy with the barrel of a ballpoint pen, saving Baruch’s life. ‘High Maintenance’ and the New TV Fantasy of New York 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z The capital's 32 borough councils were asked for their policies on recycling seven items, including a plastic bucket, crisp packet, ballpoint pen and a bicycle tyre. Recycling household waste in London 'impossible' 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z ‘We met as babies on Tumblr. Her early work – using ballpoint, charcoal – speaks loud and clear’ My changemaker of the decade, by Amal Clooney, Solange Knowles, Caitlyn Jenner and more 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z We live in the era of "e-signatures," and these days, there is very little reason for most people to bust out the ballpoint pens. New iOS 13 features, erase Siri recordings, PDF signatures, and more: Tech Q&A 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z The ballpoint pens were cheap, efficient, disposable and unlikely to leave a stain on a shirt pocket or a puddle in the bottom of a purse. Fred Krinke, L.A.' s king of the fountain pen, dies at 91 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z When piles of files threaten to topple over onto passersby, when your pen collection is comprised mostly of dried-out ballpoints, then you need to do some serious tidying up. 7 items to never display in your work area | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z All the weighty applicator does is house the refillable tube of floss, which emerges when you click the tube like a ballpoint pen. Toothbrush startup Quip is launching a $20 floss dispenser 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z Even in Toyin’s early works, the materials she used – black ballpoint, graphite and charcoal – all speak very loud and clear to this. My changemaker of the decade, by Amal Clooney, Solange Knowles, Caitlyn Jenner and more 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z As a demonstration, the researchers built a tiny fridge about the size of a ballpoint pen cartridge powered by twisted nickel titanium wires. A fridge made from a rubber band? Twisted elastic fibers could cool your food 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z With a ballpoint pen, a user could say something. Fred Krinke, L.A.' s king of the fountain pen, dies at 91 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z Standing on edge, the sketchbook is opened to two sheets with drawings made using a plain ballpoint pen and the kind of “to-do” notebook that you’d carry in a pocket. Review: At LACMA, Betye Saar's distinctive assemblage art probes American racism 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z All capital letters, and it had been traced over and over and underlined several times in heavy ballpoint pen. ‘Maybe This Was His Plan for Telling Me I Was Being Hired Full Time?’ 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z The spiral notebook where she keeps score in blue ballpoint pen is filling quickly, interspersed with notes. ‘Everybody cries here’: Hope and despair in Mexican shelter 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z It is unclear whether Mr. Trump was criticizing the company’s sleek ballpoint pens when he talked to Axios. A Thick Black Line on a Hurricane Map Lands Trump and Sharpie’s Maker in a Different Kind of Storm 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z By the time Krinke took over the shop, the ballpoint pen was bearing down on its more elegant sibling and eventually the keyboard and touchscreen threatened to do in the fountain pen altogether. Fred Krinke, L.A.' s king of the fountain pen, dies at 91 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z And I watched as yet another voting machine was physically dismantled, memory card and all, with just fingernails and a ballpoint pen. Election machine keys are on the Internet, hackers say 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z His drawing materials are unassuming — ballpoint pen on ordinary paper. This artist’s portrait subjects: Fellow asylum seekers in the detention center 2019-06-22T04:00:00Z They’ve also stated that the Paper Mate ballpoint pen Le was allegedly using as a weapon is the same kind used by the sheriff’s office and have implied it was planted at the scene. Judge grants deputy’s appeal in shooting of Burien man carrying pen, delaying family’s civil-rights trial 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z The show features 110 works made with simple materials such as paper, pencil and ballpoint tubes. Datebook: Inspired by antiquity, painter Alexandra Grant tackles notions of love 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z Le was found to be grasping a Paper Mate ballpoint pen. King County deputy who shot 20-year-old student seeks appeal of adverse rulings in upcoming federal civil-rights trial 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z The sheriff’s office initially told the family and public that Le had a knife, but several days later said he actually had a ballpoint pen when he was shot. Lawyers for family of Burien man killed by King County deputy allege cover-up by sheriff’s office 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z "Laundry, bleach, acid bitter, concoction, knitting needles, bicycle spokes, ballpoint pens, jumping from the top of the stairs or the roof," Democratic Rep. Sarah Unsicker said. Missouri House approves 8-week abortion ban, sending it to governor’s desk 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z So I pen this column now on the back of my hand with a 29-cent ballpoint that pinches a little. Missing my late son one year later, in a world full of emotional trap doors 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z It is surely no big deal to steal a ballpoint pen from the office stationery cupboard, or some paper. 'Stick it to corporate America': why we are so willing to steal from work 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z However, the needle in the kit wasn’t large enough to reach through Udger’s chest, so Troney found a ballpoint pen and emptied its contents to create a hollow tube. Soldier saves man's life with ballpoint pen, Saints hoodie 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Ito says it’s the kind of book you can just write in, preferably with ballpoint pen. ‘Cook’: How an arts community provided the recipes for a perfect Northwest cookbook 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z It’s written in ballpoint pen: “10/4. 9:34 p.m. ALL ID’D. ALL NOTIFIED!!!!!!!” It had already been a busy day for the Las Vegas coroner when the shooting started. It left him a changed man - Los Angeles Times 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z Lost: a green leather pen case, containing a Montblanc ballpoint pen and an ordinary pencil. Pullman loses His Dark Materials pen 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Items impacted range “from ballpoint pens and dishwasher detergent to toilet paper and playing cards... sailboats, washing machines, dish washers, and lawn mowers.” Imperial president or emperor with no clothes? 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z He describes writing at a white plastic table with a ballpoint pen, sometimes for nine hours a day. Inside stories: Turkey’s grim tradition of publishing behind bars 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z Leaders from affected nations reacted furiously, setting out tit-for-tat tariffs on the US, ranging from steel to sleeping bags and ballpoint pens. Criticism of Trump trade tariffs intensifies 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z I drew with a ballpoint pen and scanned it, and it looked truly awful. How a cartoonist makes digital art 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Now the Greensboro plant and a second in Milwaukee combine to produce about 8 million of the flagship retractable ballpoints annually, with parts supplied by a third site in Missouri. Iconic pen used by military, made by blind people turns 50 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z The nonprofit organization was tapped to supply pens after another manufacturer made 13 million defective ballpoints in 1967. Iconic pen used by military, made by blind people turns 50 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z But many younger customers don’t even bother with ballpoints. Reinvention of a Fountain Pen Purveyor 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z Mendoza’s pleas acknowledged he used a sharpened ballpoint pen to stab another inmate last April 11, and that he used a sharpened piece of plastic to injure a corrections officer trainee on May 19. AG: Nevada inmate, 22, pleads guilty in prison attacks 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z The word “Jesus” is scrawled on it in ballpoint pen. A place where they can take their shoes off and say ‘I’m home’ 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z Worried that they might get lost, and desperately searching for a quick solution in case they did, Ms. Welsh grabbed a ballpoint pen and wrote her cellphone number on their arms. One Mother Turned Her Concerns About Child Safety Into a Business 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z I use a ballpoint pen and paper, initially. Lessons in writing from Philip Pullman 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z Using a ballpoint pen, Johnson wrote her mother’s name and a telephone number on the woman’s arm. After Harvey hit, one Texas nursing home evacuation began with a gun drawn 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z Cords are today’s equivalent of yesterday’s ballpoint pens. Why we secretly love our cords 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z On a bloodstained bar napkin was another message: a sketch in red ballpoint pen of a skull with two knives through it, framed by the words “Feliz Navidad.” Years after brutal stabbing, East L.A. bar owner's slaying solved by LAPD reserve police officer 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z His father’s ballpoint pen company was sheltered under tariffs, and achieved enough success to allow Rodrik to attend Harvard in the 1970s as an undergraduate. Globalisation: the rise and fall of an idea that swept the world 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z They were always written with a ballpoint pen in a very neat hand, words precisely on the lines, with good grammar and correct spelling. Ian Brady letters: Inside the mind of the Moors Murderer - BBC News 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z One man handed Azarenka a child’s racket, which she signed with his ballpoint pen. With Baby in Tow, Victoria Azarenka Returns to Tennis — and Her Roots 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z In Newark, New Jersey, a security officer threatened to handcuff her for taking notes with a ballpoint pen that he said could be used as a weapon. Filmmaker learns why she endured airport stops for years 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z I studied the cap marks of Major League Baseball teams and rendered them in painstaking detail with felt-tipped markers and cheap ballpoint pens. Opinion | Why I Love Ugly Uniforms 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z After ballpoints hit the mass market in the 1950s, the store expanded to all manner of office supplies. Where Fountain Pens Are Saved and Sold 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z It's a collection of enlarged photographs of shirt pockets of men bulging with the weight of ballpoint pens, leaking pens, mobile phones, spectacle cases and beedi, the traditional hand-rolled Indian cigarettes. How a skeletal rickshaw commemorates India's deadly riots - BBC News 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z It’s composed of ballpoint pen drawings on wide-ruled notebook paper and is the first half of the story with the second volume out in October. Emil Ferris: 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z Chinese manufacturers produce 38 billion ballpoint pens a year—80% of the global market. With Pen Plan, China Etches Nationalist Economic Policy 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z The ballpoint pen was invented in 1931 and commercialized by the 1940s. China’s Industrial Leap: Ballpoint Pens 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z The finish on the chunky, hexagonal ballpoint, originally designed in 1930s Germany, patinates with use. The New Status Symbol? Think Ink 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Even today, the ballpoint pen still holds the honor of world’s most-used writing instrument. Google Doodle Celebrates the Inventor of the Ballpoint Pen 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Even then, it took a couple of decades more for the ballpoint to become cheap enough to rival the pencil, let alone the fountain-pen. The comeback of cursive 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z BEIJING—After a five-year effort, one Chinese company recently achieved a mission of national interest: helping develop the first fully Chinese ballpoint pen. With Pen Plan, China Etches Nationalist Economic Policy 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z When I was about 13 or 14, I had this big blue Adidas bag for school, and I wrote “U2” on it in really big lettering in ballpoint pen, but messily and badly. The greatest record sleeves – as chosen by the designers 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Second prize went to Anna Sofie Jespersen for a ballpoint pen on tracing paper drawing of a man lying, fully clothed, in a bath. Video art wins Jerwood Drawing Prize - BBC News 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z The ballpoint pen is still often called a “biro” in several countries, including the U.K., Google Doodle Celebrates the Inventor of the Ballpoint Pen 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z The ballpoint pen is a case in point. The comeback of cursive 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z The Cincinnati-based grocer will no longer sell packs of “Syringe Pens,” ballpoint pens which are sold to look like syringes filled with fluid, the local ABC News affiliate reported. Kroger grocery chain puts kibosh on Halloween novelty after Cincinnati woman complains 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z I was especially thrilled to see the clever way by which Lenovo allows me to use a regular ballpoint nib and write on a piece of paper atop the Yoga Book’s keyboard space. I’ve fallen in love with Lenovo’s Yoga Book 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z There are bookmarks, mouse pads, T-shirts, posters, watches, key chains, mugs, ballpoint pens, commemorative plates, pie servers, snow globes, sugar spoons, USB sticks and Christmas ornaments. David’s Ankles: How Imperfections Could Bring Down the World’s Most Perfect Statue 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z The newspaper's office and printing press were closed Wednesday, but deputy managing editor Joseph Mwenda said they would continue publishing "with a ballpoint pen" if necessary. Zambia: Government shuts largest independent newspaper 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z That is why, prior to the introduction of the ballpoint, cursive italic script had not changed much since Renaissance times. The comeback of cursive 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Instead, he relies on a ballpoint pen for drawing on skin. Japanese artist's beautiful macabre tattoos - BBC News 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z The sensing stylus you hold, which resembles a very fat ballpoint pen with a cable attached to its rump, transmits patterned vibrations to your fingers. What the Science of Touch Says About Us 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z On an internet full of hurried, scruffy ballpoints, Medium is the web's fountain pen. Inside Medium: an attempt to bring civility to the internet - BBC News 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z “Nothing replaces a pen and paper,” he said—especially if the ballpoint is his favorite, a Parker Jotter. Designer Mark McNairy on Bow Ties and Maseratis 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z Spiotta had circled our destinations on the map in ballpoint pen. The Quietly Subversive Fictions of Dana Spiotta 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z He wore a tan hat and spectacles and had a ballpoint pen in his shirt pocket. LaVoy Finicum: ‘I Would Rather Die Than Be Caged’ 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z I didn’t bother looking over my deposition and signed with a ballpoint pen that was lying on the desk. After the Circus by Patrick Modiano – extract 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z Made by an established German pen company, this souped-up ballpoint reads and learns the way you write and converts it into digital text for you. Five things from CES that you may actually want to buy 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z You could wear out a ballpoint pen detailing everything a Wright cowboy has won in rodeo - if it were possible at all. Riding buckin’ horses the Wright way 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z We put eye shadow on them with a ballpoint pen! Filmmaker Ava DuVernay's Look-Alike Barbie Doll Goes on Sale 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z Scandals in past months have ranged from a ministry buying ballpoint pens for $85 each and probes into multi-million dollar government contract awards. Pope offers lesson in humility to flashy African leaders 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z “It is ridiculous,” Sheng complained, pointing to an editors’ manuscript on which a red ballpoint pen had been used to highlight sections that now needed excising. Publishers under pressure as China's censors reach for red pen 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z A parliamentary committee was given details this month on government spending for items like a $16,000 television and $85 ballpoint pens. Report Ties Kenyan Army to Militants’ Smuggling 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z The artist doesn’t wield a brush, preferring felt-tip and ballpoint pens. ‘Lowbrow’: A pop culture mashup at Blind Whino 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z They used a nylon-tipped pen on the tablet and the same pen with a ballpoint tip on paper. How the Brain Regulates Simultaneous Pains 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z “Back then, if you were a small business, you went to a small stationary store and paid $3.68 for a dozen ballpoint pens,” Mr. Stemberg told the Fairfield County Business Journal. Thomas Stemberg, founder of Staples office-supply chain, dies at 66 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z The desk was empty except for a black ballpoint pen. Arming Syrian rebels: Where the US went wrong - BBC News 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z With an inexpensive ballpoint pen, he exactingly draws what he sees — one mosaic tile after the next — in a small spiral notebook. One Man’s Opus to New York’s Subway Art, Decades in the Making 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z With a 1.9-millimeter tip and a slim barrel, the stylus resembles a ballpoint pen in shape, weight and performance. New School Technology for Class and the Quad 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z Yet Helen’s diary entries are crosshatched with ballpoint erasures. The toast of two continents 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z I started keeping a tally of drinks on my arm with a ballpoint pen. Author Lauren Holmes on Rum and Coke and Youthful Indiscretions 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Those who listened to country music, on the other hand, were more inclined to buy “utility items” like ballpoint pens, a toothbrush, or light bulbs. Background music may influence your spending habits 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z Eulachon are a species of smelt, each fish a bolt of silver-blue not much longer than a ballpoint pen. ‘Salvation Fish’ That Sustained Native People Now Needs Saving 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z What about a twist-action ballpoint pen with your company’s name and web address on it? This One-Man Business Sells Millions Worth of Swag Out of a Garage 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z Penick maintained a red spiral notebook in ballpoint pen and careful cursive. A Golf Teacher With a Lion’s Instincts and a Dove’s Heart 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z That led to inventions such as the spring-loaded needle, which retracts after use “like a ballpoint pen,” Hedman said. Why it took so long for the world to start using ‘smart,’ self-destructing syringes 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z They add a watercolor paintbrush, a sketching pencil, a marker, and a ballpoint pen to the app's default fountain pen, while also allowing users to mix colors in a simulated palette. Paper makes iPad drawing tools free as it seeks to sell more Pencils 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z “I took a ballpoint pen and just started drawing. I was pretty amazed how pleasant a banana peel is to draw on.” Banana Art is The Visual Movement We've Been Waiting For 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z And in the following century, Laslo Biro's ballpoint pen invention, in 1938, sounded the death knell for the mass production of traditional pen nibs. Nine real facts about Birmingham 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z There is also a ballpoint version with two widths. Hermès Launches The Nautilus Pen Designed By Marc Newson As The Centerpiece Of Its First-Ever Complete Writing Collection 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z He drew with a ballpoint pen and made watercolor paint from coffee grounds. Chicagoan designs new National Humanities Medal 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z The proliferation of ballpoint pens in the 1960s and the explosion of the sports memorabilia marketplace in the 1980s changed the autograph-seeking dynamic, said Mike Gutierrez, a Dallas-based vintage sports autograph and memorabilia appraiser. The autograph lives on long after the boys of summer are gone 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z Jacob Adams, who is writing a book about the future of Israel, in red ballpoint pen, said he had been working in the reading room for 10 years. New York Today: Reading Room Refugees 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z He carefully polished it and removed the original owner’s name, written in ballpoint ink. Part 5: How To Hit A Home Run Selling On Ebay 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z Sales of fountain pens collapsed in the 1950s with the arrival of cheap ballpoints; since the mid-1970s they have enjoyed a steady revival. Second wind 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Way back in the Franklin Roosevelt administration, even before there were ballpoint pens, the federal government embraced a radical new technology — a device that reproduced the signatures of time-starved senior leaders and presidents. Washington’s signature-writing machines rumble into the digital age 2014-04-11T23:14:59Z Now, our leisure time is divided between doting on her and preventing her from chewing up every pant leg, sock and ballpoint pen in the house. Motherlode Blog: The Sixth Stage of Grief: Buying a Puppy 2014-04-11T20:45:25Z They found ballpoint pens, a bottle of invisible ink, and rough and unglazed paper. Invisible Ink War: How Chemists Revealed Germany’s Secret WW I Writing [Excerpt] 2014-04-05T11:30:00Z Draw the letters big and fill them in with ballpoint pen. Weekendish: Freedom, sloths and ballpoint pens 2014-04-04T16:16:29Z His visual alphabet language was portrayed on more than 400 small cards using ballpoint pens and crayons, with symbolic imagery surrounded by text. Ivory Coast artist Bouabre dies 2014-01-29T13:03:08Z Unfortunately for collectors, the cartridge is in poor condition - with a ripped label and "Mario" written on it in ballpoint pen. 'Super-rare' Nintendo game hits eBay 2014-01-24T12:05:09Z Some, mistakenly, assume that “bic” is a generic name for a ballpoint pen when in fact it is the trademark, “Bic” denoting a specific type of ballpoint pen. Apple Loses A Trademark Case 2013-12-17T11:41:00Z He also told him to use a ballpoint pen—to avoid scratches—and rough paper so that the paper would absorb the ink. Invisible Ink War: How Chemists Revealed Germany’s Secret WW I Writing [Excerpt] 2014-04-05T11:30:00Z Newcomers may get a ballpoint pen and single sheet of paper and be told not to return until the ink is used up, “because something fascinating will happen,” he explained. As Prisoner, the Artist in Skakel Came Out 2013-12-12T21:32:35Z He fiddled with a ballpoint pen, his hands bony and pale. Bradley Manning's disrupted family life 2013-08-21T23:01:21Z Some books, a pencil, a ballpoint pen, a few plastic bags and aluminium food plates lie strewn about. 'Ghost village' parents mourn school meal victims 2013-07-18T13:50:20Z While some human rights workers utilize GPS and satellite devices, “some of us are running around with a notepad and a ballpoint pen,” she says, laughing. Can This Bracelet Save Your Life? 2013-04-15T08:45:00Z Be like your famous predecessor, Bernard Levin, who used to stick a ballpoint pen under his chin, nib up, so that if he did drop off the excruciating pain would wake him. Treasury select committee: baffled by counter-cyclical buffers 2013-01-15T19:31:52Z Even their writing implements were confiscated, replaced once they were inside by orange ballpoint pens supplied by the Vatican. Pope's Butler on Trial: How the Vatican Works 2012-10-02T00:05:16Z Eventually, he held jobs as a welder and a peddler of chestnuts, pogo sticks, palm-reading manuals and ballpoint pens. Families Continue to Heal 20 Years After Title Fight Between Ray Mancini and Duk-koo Kim 2012-09-17T00:28:06Z His act of thinking is often punctuated by the clicks of three different-colored ballpoint pens that he rotates through his fingers. Professor Billionaire: The Stanford Academic Who Wrote Google Its First Check 2012-08-01T15:58:49Z It’s as if dollar bills were just scraps of notepad paper with “one dollar” written on them in ballpoint pen—detecting counterfeits would be impossible. Attack of the Zombie Drones 2012-07-09T10:00:21Z Yet it's just a third of an inch thick — about the same as a ballpoint pen — and weighs about 5 ounces. Samsung's new Galaxy S III is out of this world 2012-06-18T02:07:04Z In Rwanda, even ballpoint pens hold emotional lessons. The Secret of Rwanda: Pushing Leadership down the Line 2012-06-07T19:14:40Z I bought Wolf Song a black ballpoint pen for a dollar. City Room: From a Familiar Stranger, a Poem Written on the Stars 2012-06-04T18:08:19Z You might expect that email and the ballpoint pen had killed the fountain pen. Why are fountain pen sales rising? 2012-05-22T11:07:45Z No ballpoint pens, because drugs could be stashed inside. The Lady Jaguars: Carroll Academy Basketball: ?We?re Not Really Bad Kids? 2012-04-16T03:17:48Z They needed to bring fresh supplies of ballpoint pens every day to keep up with the workload of drivers caught running the surprise light. About New York: Tickets Are Partners of Taxes in City Budget 2012-02-03T03:51:56Z Hungarians, for example, invented the ballpoint pen and holography. Eastern Europe: Innovation?s hidden hub 2011-12-28T12:00:00Z It will travel to known interesting areas and collect samples, each roughly the volume of a ballpoint pen, and store them. Sky Crane - how to land Curiosity on the surface of Mars 2011-11-29T04:15:21.007Z Fountains pens once ruled, but by the 1960s the perfection of ballpoint pen technology established a remorseless rival. Why are fountain pen sales rising? 2012-05-22T11:07:45Z The soldier was allegedly drunk and used scissors, a knife, a ballpoint pen and a cigarette lighter in the attack, the police told reporters. In South Korea, American Official Apologizes Over Rape Case 2011-10-07T16:02:47Z It works as a regular ballpoint pen, leaving ink marks on paper. Livescribe put its smarts in a high-tech pen 2011-09-16T22:56:03Z If you already own a tablet and you’re thinking about using it as a note-taking device, it’s time to retire your ballpoint. Green Lantern compares note-taking using an iPad vs. using paper 2011-09-12T21:02:00Z “Two years ago,” she said as she checked the list of visitors with a ballpoint pen in hand. Haruki Murakami: “Town of Cats.” 2011-08-29T04:00:00Z If you give a loved one a pen, your thoughts might be more fountain than ballpoint. Why are fountain pen sales rising? 2012-05-22T11:07:45Z In 2004, my colleagues and I demonstrated the use of a simple ballpoint pen to impression many of the tubular locks that were so prevalent at that time. Hewlett Packard's Laptop Locks Takes Three Seconds To Crack 2011-06-29T19:06:58Z He also remarked that it was a ballpoint pen, rather than a fountain pen. Czech leader pockets official pen 2011-04-13T15:49:53Z Yes people’s lives can be saved with a ballpoint pen on a dirt road in the middle of nowhere with no running water or electricity and only the dirty clothes on one’s back. Well: A Hospital Room With a View 2010-12-17T19:22:56Z Now, armed only with a ballpoint pen, all I could do was not panic, follow Ali and hustle to the car. Return to Baghdad: The Slowest Car Chase in History 2010-10-11T23:20:00Z The fountain pen has had to deal with both the ballpoint menace and the general threat to handwriting from the rise of email and other electronic messaging types. Why are fountain pen sales rising? 2012-05-22T11:07:45Z If Strasburg had clicked the ballpoint pen he used to sign his contract last year a couple of extra times he would have blown past deadline himself. HBT Power Rankings: Yanks, Rays, Padres 1-2-3 2010-08-16T17:49:00Z Among the elaborate seals, bronze statues and marble hallways that adorn federal Washington, there is another symbol of the machinery of government that is often overlooked: the lowly ballpoint pen. Low-tech Skilcraft pens endure in a high-tech world 2010-04-11T13:54:00Z A generation ago, academia embraced the laptop as the most welcome classroom innovation since the ballpoint pen. Wide Web of diversions gets laptops evicted from lecture halls 2010-03-09T05:00:00Z "There is now a red line across northern Mali, nobody can go there," he said, sketching a map of the country on a scrap of paper with a ballpoint pen. 2010-01-13T14:58:00Z In the early years of the ballpoint threat, fountain penmakers tried price wars and innovation but failed to stem the tide. Why are fountain pen sales rising? 2012-05-22T11:07:45Z She sat behind a plain office desk down in the main floor hall, with a pile of application cards in front of her and a ballpoint pen in one strong, slender hand. The Old Die Rich With my paper and his ballpoint pen and ruler, it should be easy. The Dope on Mars If your ballpoint pen won't write as you want it to, your life doesn't stop, she probably was thinking. Droozle I traced these whorls with my eye, and tried to reproduce them with a ballpoint on paper bags I found under the sink. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town If you're writing on a Post-It Note or a clipboard or filling in a form today, you'll probably use a ballpoint. Why are fountain pen sales rising? 2012-05-22T11:07:45Z He reached into his pocket for a ballpoint pen. O+F I use a ballpoint for my home jottings but always a fountain pen when at work, even though I'm a lefty! Why are fountain pen sales rising? 2012-05-22T11:07:45Z I discovered ballpoint snakes are the chief export of Coffin Two. Droozle |
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