The'Blooper'term originates from wartime censorship, and is short for " Blue Pencil "-which was used to cross out unacceptable parts of documents and letters by the'blue-person '.
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It does not grant the president the right to use his blue pencil on entitlement programs like Medicare and Social Security, which make up two-thirds of federal spending.
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Meanwhile, NBC's censors should stop worrying about the naughty things said and shown on " Seinfeld " and " Homicide, " and whip out their blue pencils here.
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She continues to mentor writers by teaching at workshops, conferences, Blue Pencil events with the WGA, and writing camps such as YouthWrite and its spin-off for adults, JustWrite.
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I tried to imagine editors in these cute cottages going over manuscripts with blue pencils while in nearby houses, poets and novelists perspired over problems of syntax and plotting.
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The book that serves me in place of a brain still contained the editor's number, entered 35 years before and by now putatively as useless as a blue pencil.
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Sump 4 can be reached without going through Sumps 1 to 3, via Tratman's Temple, Mud Sump, Fault Chamber and Blue Pencil Passage; parts of this route are extremely difficult.
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All-star benefit concerts are often poorly organized, long-winded affairs in which the talent is pulled out of a grab bag and a restless audience longs for a director's blue pencil.
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To combat slumping sales, Simon originated the concept of " blue light " sales, by instructing his in-store salespeople to mark down items with blue pencils while customers were looking on.
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He is best when showing how he drew the sisters, making their lanky, fluid forms take rough shape with a blue pencil, then " cleaning " the figures by sharpening the outlines.
