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...those William Safire wannabees who get huffy when someone misuses the word "disinterested," read no further. Popular culture has irretrievably eroded the meaning of the word "classic." A disc jockey at WSLQ in Roanoke, VA recently persuaded this listener to turn the dial when he announced, "Coming up next: A classic from...
Typical of the trend is New York City's Dial-A-Dinner. Its clients order by telephone from the menu of one of the 30 restaurants on its list. About an hour later, a tuxedo-clad waiter appears, bearing large shopping bags full of plastic containers and a bill -- usually well over $100 -- payable by credit card. "I'm known as the doctor of delivery," declares David Blum, 31, the entrepreneur who started Dial-A-Dinner 18 months ago. Now he has 22 people, 15 cars and six vans, all radio equipped, hurtling about 200 dinners a night across Manhattan...
Nearly 160,000 telephone operators, installers and repair workers in 15 states launched strikes last week against three regional U.S. telephone companies: Bell Atlantic, NYNEX and Pacific Telesis. While direct-dial calls in the affected regions were handled smoothly by automatic switching equipment, customers encountered delays in getting directory assistance, repair service and phone installation...
Attention K mart shoppers! If you are wondering where to spin your TV dial this September, drop by any of the discount retailer's 2,200 stores. You will be regaled with signs and posters trumpeting CBS shows. Every TV set in the store will be tuned to CBS as well. The chain and the network are even teaming up to promote the CBS/K mart Get Ready Giveaway. The contest, to be advertised on the air and in K mart newspaper supplements, will offer viewers the lure of big prizes if they can match numbers on a card with figures...
...every year at thesis time, I thinkabout first year and my senior friends. Wheneversomething amusing happens at The Crimson, Iinvoluntarily begin to dial Matt's number...