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Word: caller (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Senior quarterback John McGeehan leads the most balanced attack the Crimson has seen in a while. He runs and throws with the skill of a top level signal caller and directs an attack that has made a habit of jumping out to big leads and then holding on for impressive victories...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Crimson Looks to Kick Quakers Today With Ivy Championship on the Line | 11/10/1984 | See Source »

...when junior signal-caller Brian White takes to the air--which may be more often today than of late, given the fact Brown has put up well against the run this year and the fact that this year's opponents have averaged 244 pasing yards a game--look for Santiago and Abbott on the receiving...

Author: By Marie B. Morris, | Title: Bruno Returns to Town, Faces Gridders Today | 11/3/1984 | See Source »

...caller alerted officials to a Social Security field supervisor who not only attended college on Government time but punished subordinates who refused to type his term papers during working hours. Another informed on the Defense Department, which was spending $1,245 on a rotating counter that cost only $124.50 commercially. The GAO has spent $3.4 million to operate the hot line over the past five years, and has identified about $20 million in misspent funds and projected savings of an additional $24 million. The Government offers no rewards. Says Carbone: "People just don't like to see their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Washington: Money-Saving Phone Calls | 10/15/1984 | See Source »

...bombing of the American embassy annex in East Beirut became a campaign issue, the swirl of political rhetoric threatened to obscure the hard particulars of just what happened and why. Yet the inquiries into the attack have more than a whipped-up partisan urgency: last week a telephone caller, saying he represented the same fanatic Muslim group that claimed responsibility for the embassy bombing, told a leftist Lebanese newspaper that another "big operation will be carried out against American interests soon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Passing the Buck | 10/8/1984 | See Source »

Ninety minutes after the blast, an anonymous caller, speaking in Arabic, telephoned the Beirut office of Agence France-Presse, the French news agency, and claimed responsibility in the name of Islamic jihad (holy war). This shadowy organization, whose leaders are unknown and whose membership is uncertain, has been associated with the previous car bombings in Beirut. The caller declared, "In the name of God the Almighty, Islamic jihad announces that it is responsible for blowing up a car rigged with explosives, which was driven by one of our suicide commandos. The operation proves that we will carry out our previous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lebanon: Again, the Nightmare | 10/1/1984 | See Source »

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