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Word: beeps (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...this? He had, without Harry Truman's knowledge, made a recording of the two presidential phone calls. There was nothing wrong about that, he insisted hurriedly (even though the Federal Communications Commission bans as illegal any recording device that doesn't give off a tell-tale beep every 15 seconds). The Senate sergeant at arms had installed the recorders, lots of Senators used them, and "it has been a great help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Moralists at Work | 4/23/1951 | See Source »

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