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Word: calling (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...found the skits entertaining and felt they did not focus enough on the "message that rape is not the woman's fault." Another friend found the meeting "a little silly." and continued, "Everyone was laughing, including the actors." This approach, according to my friend, "makes it seem like calling the number is a joke. I don't want to call that number...

Author: By Irene B. Janis, | Title: No One Should Be Laughing | 10/5/1999 | See Source »

...governor's comments have prompted the outgoing chair of the Reform Party, Rusell Verney, to call for Ventura to quit the party. Religious leaders are understandably upset; Pat Robertson diplomatically said Ventura was "off his rocker" at a Christian Coalition convention last week. Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) called Ventura a "bigot." As his comments were reported in Minnesota over the weekend, Ventura's approval ratings fell 19 points. But Ventura's numbers are still high; 54 percent of Minnesotans approve of the job Ventura is doing as governor...

Author: By Alan E. Wirzbicki, | Title: 'The Body' Politic | 10/5/1999 | See Source »

...Program. All business and property owners are eligible unless their community is among the 8% nationwide that do not comply with federal guidelines on construction in high-risk zones. To find out if your community complies, and for a referral to a nearby agent who will write flood insurance, call 800-427-4661. With so much misinformation out there, you should be ready to do your own legwork...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Flood Fiasco | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

...consider the consequences of our attitudes. But I think the anti-irony movement is a longing for an innocence that existed only for one moment in Timothy Leary's lab. And if my name were Jedediah, I'd be so ironic, David Letterman would seem caring. Or I'd call myself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Defense of Irony | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

WIRELESS WOES In most countries, the calling party pays for a wireless call. That's fair, but it doesn't happen here. Wireless callers and receivers both pay. And that won't change until the many wireless companies can create a unified billing policy. Good luck. AT&T tested a caller-pays system in Minneapolis this summer but charged rates that were too high to compete with its own Digital One plan, which bills at 11[cents] a minute. End of test. So if you answer the call...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: Oct. 4, 1999 | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

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