Word: caller
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...same attitude Postal Service employees maintain. If you work at the Central Square Post Office, you know what it is to be busy all the time. Busy, busy, busy. So busy that you'll let the phone ring 14 times before you answer it. So busy that when the caller's questions are non-mail-service-oriented, you only have three things to say: "Yes, the Post Office is the most difficult job. I can't talk about it. I really don't have the time...
...rare event that only the right person tries for the incoming call--and then he or she actually gets through to the other caller--it is inevitable that the person left `on hold' will be plagued with the nagging certainty that they are begin talked about. As you sit in silence, a cold sweat slowly envelopes your nervous frame and your imagination runs free...
What we need is a device to enable the person on hold to silently monitor the other caller's conversation...
Quarterback: Crimson QB Tom Yohe has enjoyed a record-setting season. All the junior signal-caller needs is a victory at the Game and an Ivy title to finish a very impressive year. In nine games, the Ivy Player of the Year candidate has completed close to 50 percent of his passes for 2038 yards and 16 TD's, while frustrating many opposing coaches and defensive ends with his roll-out style. Don't forget that it was Yohe who directed a Crimson comeback in last year's Game...
...regular signal-caller Malcom Glover went down a month ago, and Glover's back-up, John Keller, suffered a kidney injury early in Saturday's contest. When McNally, a senior, was sent in, his team was down by two touchdowns...