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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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