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            Writing Activity                                                                           
                  After serving 2 years in the military, petitioner was                                
            employed by Rocketdyne, Inc., as a scientist and engineer for 35                           
            years.  As part of his employment, petitioner wrote technical and                          
            scientific proposals.  Petitioner retired from Rocketdyne in                               
            1990.  Following retirement, petitioner continued employment as a                          
            scientist and engineer to Rocketdyne and other defense                                     
            contractors on an independent contractor basis during 1990 and                             
            1991.                                                                                      
                  While employed by Rocketdyne, petitioner wrote articles for                          
            the public in his spare time.  Petitioner submitted the articles                           
            to various periodicals and publishers, but none of them were                               
            chosen for publication.  According to records provided by                                  
            petitioner, he has been submitting articles since 1978.                                    
            Petitioner desired to write novels, but he did not have the time.                          
            Petitioner decided to pursue his writing activity, including                               
            writing novels, on a full time basis in 1992.  During the years                            
            in issue, petitioner continued to write and submit articles;                               
            however, none were chosen for publication.  Many of the articles                           
            petitioner wrote contained contemporary political commentary.                              
            Petitioner also wrote articles about guns and travel.  In                                  
            researching for the gun articles, petitioner purchased guns and                            
            gun-related supplies, such as bullets, powder, a chronograph                               
            device (which measures the velocity of bullets when fired from a                           






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