As yet, nobody has argued that pencils have shifted the income distribution.

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"A lot of coloring-in pencils have been donated, crayons and paper, " Tamara tells me before Angela interrupts to introduce a man who has just arrived with the offer of a self-contained flat beneath his home.

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The expanded product lines that have stretched Staples and Office Depot past pencils and paper clips and into computers and scanners might have something to do with it.

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It confronts this ambivalence in a teasing prologue that challenges the audience to sharpen its pencils for the exam it will have to sit after the show.

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If not for the level, you'd have to walk uphill to cross your bedroom, pencils would roll right off your desk and the Empire State Building might look like the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

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With a few weeks left until the close of the quarter, many are likely rolling up their sleeves, sharpening their pencils and dissecting companies to see if they will thrive in the coming quarters or have to pre-announce a shortfall.

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