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...line for seven minutes. The police were very unhelpful, "LaForest said. "The caller threatened to kill gay men, and he wanted to come over and rape [Carol] and all lesbians in general...

Author: By Emily Mieras, | Title: Threatening Phone Calls Harass University of Michigan Students | 3/19/1988 | See Source »

...dwarf costume labeled SLEAZY, as he pushed the other six candidates off a cliff. Hart was also tagged by cartoonists as HORNY and RANDY. A popular Denver radio show held an hour-long phone-in of the latest jokes about him, most of which tended toward the tasteless. One caller said the best Hart joke was that "Gary is running for President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ghost Of Gary Past | 12/28/1987 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Paul R. Simms, | Title: Almost Quitting Time | 12/15/1987 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: The Waiting is the Hardest Part | 12/3/1987 | See Source »

What we need is a device to enable the person on hold to silently monitor the other caller's conversation...

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: The Waiting is the Hardest Part | 12/3/1987 | See Source »

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