Word: beeped
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...simpler times, beepers were usually worn by doctors on call to answer medical emergencies. Today they are routinely carried by executives, lawyers and journalists. In fact, they are something of a status symbol. Now comes a new twist: an ersatz beeper so that people can beep themselves. Press a small button. About 25 seconds later, a red light flashes and a beep starts to sound. The person can gracefully excuse himself from a boring business meeting or a dull blind date. About the size of cigarette lighter, this device, called the Timely Beeper, weighs 2.5 oz. and sells...
Your article "At the Sound of the Beep ..." [ESSAY, Nov. 26] was wonderful. The fun in having an answering machine is hearing it ring while you are at home and not answering. That is power...
...whatever discomfort the beep imposes, it is an excellent deterrent to the crank or obscene caller...
While the U.S. shuttle coursed through its eight-day mission, the Soviets were marking a significant space anniversary. It was on Oct. 4, 1957, that Sputnik, the world's first man-made satellite, was launched, its thin, metallic beep announcing that the space age had begun. Since then, the Soviets have scored a notable string of other cosmic firsts: the first animal in space (a dog), the first man, the first woman. The first space walk was taken by a cosmonaut. The first pictures of the moon's hidden side were shot by an orbiting Soviet camera...
...little men." Americans can soon tune in. Within a few months Flashings will be offered in Los Angeles singles clubs and through ads. Price: $110. As in Paris, buyers will also receive a hot-line number that they can call to learn where their Flashings are most likely to beep. Brunet is undaunted by Los Angeles' reputation as a sexual smorgasbord. The number of Flashing frequencies, she says, can be expanded almost indefinitely...