The letters must be handwritten in Portuguese using blue or black ink ballpoint pen, with up to 800 words in letter format.

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Once upon a time not too long ago, document signage involved downloading the document, printing it off, picking up a pen with either black or blue ink and signing off at the appropriate places, scanning the document once signed, uploading it, attaching the paperwork to an email, and then finally sending off that email back in reply with your signature.

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From 1976 to 1986 it was owned by Parker Pen before later being sold to Britain's much smaller Blue Arrow.

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In this note, her handwriting is almost a scrawl, and the blue ink looks pale against the page, as though Kahlo barely had the strength to move her pen across the paper.

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In OneNote, at least, the pen seems to be aware of what you mean to erase: after drawing an Engadget logo in blue ink, we started to erase it and after a few swipes, the whole thing disappeared from the screen.

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Ms. Le Pen didn't call on her supporters to back Mr. Sarkozy and said "tonight, the blue wave is rocking the establishment, " referring to her first name, which translates as navy blue.

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