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...moll buzzer (underworld)-thief who preys on women

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: FROM ABE'S CABE TO ZOOLY A Slang Sampler | 7/11/1960 | See Source »

...front, Bing assured the audience that the performance would go on after intermission. Baritone Mario Sereni was called as a substitute, but when the audience filed back at the warning buzzer half an hour later, a spotlight hit the curtain, and Bing stepped out again. "This," he began slowly, "is one of the saddest nights . . . I ask you all to rise in memory of one of our greatest performers, who died as I am sure he would have wanted to die-in the middle of one of his greatest performances. I am sure you will agree that it would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Morir!... Tremenda Cosa | 3/14/1960 | See Source »

...around working newsmen. No smoke hangs blue above the desks; by executive order in the interest of "increased efficiency," smoking is prohibited. To make phone calls, most reporters retire to soundproofed glass booths along the wall; when they want a copy boy, they do not shout, but press a buzzer button. The big room has an almost palpable serenity, helped along by the sight of the old-fashioned dust jackets worn by some of the copyreaders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Voice of Buffalo | 3/7/1960 | See Source »

Could someone install a device on the common variety of telephone which will inform the telephone user, even though he is on the phone, when someone is trying to contact him ? Perhaps a light could flash, a buzzer buzz, or even a small shock be provided for those who still refuse to give up the line when someone is desperately trying the number...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 16, 1959 | 3/16/1959 | See Source »

...final moments of the half, however, Carl Belz and his brother Herman returned to life to net eight points in a row and thereby bring the Tigers to within one point as the buzzer sounded...

Author: By Mark L. Krupnick, (SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON) | Title: Tigers Defeat Quintet As Fan Slugs Repetto | 3/2/1959 | See Source »

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