Word: belled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...University is using the symposia "to say to its family 'here's what the present understanding is in a wide array of subjects,'" says Gamble Professor of Population Sciences David E. Bell who will lead the symposium entitled "Population Change in Today's World." Bell comments about his seminar, "We're not attempting to impress the scholars of the world or indicate what the reseach frontiers...
Some of the marvels did draw praise from thecrowd. People gathered in front of a red "lightstick." According to its creator, Brooklineresident Bill Bell, the poleshaped device emitslight in vertical lines which read "One CrimsonMoment" when people quickly glance at it. Hundredsgathered near the device, turning their heads fromside to side in an attempt to read the words...
...election rules were another outgrowth of the 1984 Bell breakup. At that time, the Justice Department ruled that AT&T would stay in the long-distance business, where it had previously controlled more than 95% of the market, while the seven regional companies, dubbed Baby Bells, managed local telephone service. To whittle down AT&T's market share, the Justice Department determined that consumers should be able to choose their long-distance carrier...
...Equal access was intended to change that. On behalf of the long-distance carriers, the regional Bells mailed ballots to customers formerly in the old Bell System, giving them an average of 30 days to mark and return them. Depending on the services contending in any area, customers may have been faced with more than a dozen carrier names on some ballots. As equipment capable of handling such functions was installed at local telephone offices, retailers in each area would be given equal access to the dial-1 system -- hence the balloting's informal name. By the Sept. 1 deadline...
...their region. If ballots split 60% for AT& T and 40% for MCI, for example, 60% of nonvoting consumers would receive AT&T service while the remainder would find themselves dialing on MCI. Customers could switch carriers thereafter, but would pay a $5 fee to their local Baby Bell...