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Never before has there been anything quite like the exhaustive commercial referendum, known as "equal access" balloting, in which consumers select the company to carry their long-distance phone calls whenever they dial 1 plus an area code. In sheer numbers, the vote that was drawing near an end may mark the largest election in U.S. history. Yet the selection was being carried on in such higgledy-piggledy fashion that many consumers were probably unaware that any contest was taking place...
...Dial M for Murder Fri.-Sun. at 6, 10:10 p.m. Also...
...laws to make it easier to seize the assets of those involved in the trade. It also proposed that Congress enact unfair-labor-practice laws to be used against producers who pay performers in pornographic films. The Federal Communications Commission, it said, should restrict pornographic cable television shows and "Dial-a-Porn" telephone services. It also recommended that peep-show booths not be equipped with doors, so that the occupants can be clearly seen, thereby discouraging sexual activity...
...high cost of help is especially irksome because many of the calls come from owners of pirated disks, who often do not have manuals. Indeed, better use of the manuals could solve most legitimate owners' problems. MicroPro International estimates that 70% of the customers who dial for help are first- time users who find reaching for the phone easier than wading through pages of instruction. Says MicroPro Manager Lee Lensky: "People don't want to read a manual, whether it's a 300-page tome or a clean, well-written...
...Dial M for Murder Friday and Saturday...