Word: callings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Call it greetings from the sky. The ball falling, Bailliere catching it and Worley looking perplexed. Hello, goodbye...
...world has closed in on him, Bush has gone to his faithful telephone. Just 15 minutes before he was scheduled to make his statement to the nation on sending troops to Panama, Bush paused in his hurried preparations and put in a call to Costa Rica's President Oscar Arias Sanchez, the Nobel Peace laureate, even though he had spoken with him just a few hours earlier. "I'd just feel better if I know what's on his mind," the President said...
Walking through the gathering dusk, he marveled at the world that had plagued him for the preceding twelve hours. Then he suddenly brightened. "Well," he said, "I think I'll call up George Plimpton and ask him down to play some horseshoes...
...prodigal son hesitantly calls his father from a phone booth in the rain. He wants to come home. Ecstatic Dad rings up his other son to pass on the good news. But Son No. 2 isn't too happy and calls up Mom to gripe. Mom suggests, "Call him." What's going on? Will the next phone call explain the family feud...
...stopped a rash of rumors from circulating in Pensacola, a town of 60,000 where Gulf Power is one of the biggest employers. 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...