Word: caller
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...movie will make the Blacks riot, caller after maniacal caller preached on inane AM radio talk shows. No, the movie is merely weighing the morality of King's doctrine of non-violence and Malcolm X's acceptance of violent options, argued Upper West Side liberals...
...that prompted it. In 1919 eight members of the Chicago White Sox were charged with taking money from gamblers to throw the World Series against, yes, the Cincinnati Reds. The rules that Rose is accused of breaking were written in the wake of that scandal. Said a typical telephone caller to a Cincinnati radio talk show last week: "It's not like he's a criminal or anything...
...recent undergraduate party, for example, police responded to a neighbor's complaint only to find a reasonably quiet gathering. "Tell [the caller] this isn't a monastery," an officer said. Another officer added later that he "hates" breaking up parties...
...Many thought the crash was caused by either suicide or sabotage and is linked to the investigation. The speculation was fueled by a telephone call made to the local sheriff's office three hours after the plane went down. "You can stop investigating Gulf Power now," said an anonymous caller. "We took care of that for them this afternoon...
...simplest systems do just what the old answering machines do: pick up the phone, play a prerecorded greeting and record whatever the caller has to say. Some add technological bells and whistles, like push-button controls that let their owners save messages or dispatch replies -- to one person or to hundreds of people. Other systems are set up to dispense information, offering callers a menu of choices and playing the messages they select. The most powerful machines combine voice-message units with huge computer files, which enable callers to use their telephones to navigate through long lists of stock quotes...