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...deserted. Doubtfully, the passenger pays the cabby and walks over to try the door of the store. It is locked. He is about to return to the taxi when he notices a small bell push, hidden in the shadows. He presses; a buzzer signals that the door is unlocked. He steps inside a tiny, pitch-black room; the door clicks quietly back into place. Silence. Then, suddenly, out of the blackness comes a deep, disembodied voice. "Welcome to Cerebrum," it says. "Your name, please...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Entertainment: Mattress for the Mind | 12/13/1968 | See Source »

...understand why we didn't seem to care very much about winning, and why everyone was laughing at all the wrong times. But it didn't really matter. The System took care of everything. The System made even James K. (for King) "Jimmy" Glassman want to hit the buzzer and get to say "Richard Nixon" on national teevee. And if any unpardonable breach occurred--for instance if someone being interviewed called Mr. Earle "Mr. Ludden" by mistake--they could erase the tape so smoothly hardly anyone would notice. Right after the show, the producer came up to Mr. Earle. "Okay...

Author: By Anne DE Saint phalle, | Title: A Trip to New York | 11/26/1968 | See Source »

...after another, until he finds an open channel (on a busy channel, he can overhear the conversation). He then holds down a transmission switch on the hand set and gives the mobile operator his call, which is completed over regular telephone lines. Incoming calls are announced by a buzzer and a light...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Telephone: Hello, Mobile | 4/19/1968 | See Source »

...trailed most of the period with the biggest Bruin lead being 6 with eight minutes left in the half. But Chris Gallagher, Grate, and Bob Kanuth (on a pass from Bobby Johnson) all scored to bring Harvard back into the game and the teams traded points until the buzzer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Five Bows to Brown, 66-60; Wilson's Final Home Contest Tonight | 3/2/1968 | See Source »

Down by three with less than a minute to play, Harvard edged to within a point on Eric Gustavson's layup. On the ensuing pass-in, 10 seconds from the final buzzer, Bobby Johnson soared aloft for a steal...

Author: By Richard D. Paisner, | Title: Crimson Cagers Upset Pennsylvania, 69-67 | 2/26/1968 | See Source »

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