Yesterday or today, Faber-Castell still tops.
If you're looking for the very best writing or drawing implements, only one name comes to mind: Faber-Castell USA, Cleveland, Ohio. Founded almost 250 years ago in Stein, Germany, the company's extensive line includes professional art materials as well as products for students, crafters, and hobbyists. Its colored pencils,...

For Bea, more success to write about.
Kay Tagal Kitang Hinintay" was Bea Alonzos first big break in the realm of soap opera. She made a name for herself as a young actress with much potential in that drama series. So naturally, when news about its end reached her, she was wary of her career. Luckily...

And the Dead Shall Rise: The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank.
And the Dead Shall Rise: The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank. By Steve Oney. (New York: Pantheon Books, c. 2003. Pp. [x], 742. $35.00, ISBN 0-679-42147-5.) By now the broad outlines of this grim story are well known. On April 27, 1913,...

Is the pen mightier than the mouse? Recent technology developments confirm that pentop computing is set to make its mark in K-12 education.
IN 1991, PenTop magazine (long since defunct) quoted Greg Slyngstad, then general manager of Microsoft's Pen Computing Group, as saying: "The impact of pens on computing will be far greater than the mouse. The two key benefits--extreme portability and ease of use--will enable tiny, low-cost PCs that will appeal...

Indian investors eye mining projects.
Byline: BERNIE CAHILESMAGKILAT Indian bigwigs are now training their eyes on the countrys potential as hosts of their investments in mining, pharmaceutical and writing instrument manufacturing projects. This was bared by Vijay S. Hede, chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industry Goa Council that is...

'The best teacher I ever had'.
HAYWARD, California Let me relate this heartwarming, poignant true story worth pondering as the new school year begins in the country. As Mrs. Thompson stood in front of her fifth grade class on the very first day of school, she told the children a lie. ...

Black-Jewish Relations on Trial: Leo Frank and Jim Conley in the New South.
By Jeffrey Melnick. (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, c. 2000. Pp. xiv, 165. Paper, $18.00, ISBN 1-57806-287-X; cloth, $45.00, ISBN 1-57806-286-1.) In Black-Jewish Relations on Trial Jeffrey Melnick brings a fresh approach to the well-known story of the 1913 trial and subsequent lynching of Leo Frank, the...

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LETTERS FROM OUR READERS.
THE NEW STEEL I read with interest your article on zero waste ("Can We Be Garbage-Free?" March/April 2001). I have worked with a number of individuals quoted in the article on bringing zero waste from a grassroots movement to an accepted practice. Many of the...

The write stuff. (What's New?).
We once had a college roommate who always studied by candlelight, insisting that he was "going to be the next Abraham Lincoln." The future 16th president also was known to hone his rhetorical skills as a poor youth by scratching out words on the back of charcoal-blackened fireplace shovels....