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Word: dial (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have reached Harvard University's Dial-a-Menu. Today is Friday, September 24. For lunch: cream of celery soup, Italian sausage sub, sub sandwich bar, shrimp fried rice, fruit salad, salad bar, and brownies. For dinner: sirloin steak, baked ziti, O'Brien potatoes, zucchini rings, long French carrots, salad bar, and ice cream. Bon Appetit...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: Reach Out And Eat Something | 9/25/1987 | See Source »

...past few years, Shaffer says, calls have increased dramatically, typing up food service employees at their busiest time. So, Shaffer says he submitted a proposal for the hotline to his superiors, who agreed that the dial-a-menu's day had finally come...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: Reach Out And Eat Something | 9/25/1987 | See Source »

When Shaffer is not around to make the dial-a-menu recording, Gomes, who is also a Union supervisor, takes his place. The Portugese native came to Harvard seven years ago after working in Boston's clothing industry. The need for a more comprehensive health insurance plan forced Gomes to look...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: Reach Out And Eat Something | 9/25/1987 | See Source »

Harvard Food Service officials have established a new "Dial-A-Menu" service, prompted by dozens of calls per day about the menu in the undergraduate dining halls. Beginning this fall, undergraduates can find out the daily menu in the dining halls by calling...

Author: By Brooke A. Masters, | Title: Meal Service Opens Hotline | 9/21/1987 | See Source »

...part paper copier and part telephone. On one end, a document is fed into the machine. The operator then uses the built-in telephone to dial the phone number of the receiving fax. When contact is made, an electronic scanner is activated. As it moves across the page, it converts the text, charts and pictures into electrical pulses that are carried over the telephone line. On the receiving end, the process is reversed. The machines can transmit everything from design plans to a picture of the Mona Lisa, in black-and-white at least...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Just The Fax, Ma'am | 8/31/1987 | See Source »

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