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Word: dial (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rotary-dial Centrex models have already been replaced at Leverett, Kirkland and North Houses, said OIT Systems Analyst Laurie M. Tassinari...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: News Briefs | 11/21/1989 | See Source »

...array of clips: scenes from comedy movies, snippets of old TV series, excerpts from stand-up performances and other laughtoids. An occasional full-length movie will intervene, but mostly the comedy will come in quick bursts, aimed at a new generation of TV "grazers," viewers who flip around the dial with their remote control. Says HBO chief Michael Fuchs: "We're looking to make a very hot, today channel, and comedy is the place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Round-The-clock Yucks | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

...seems almost insatiable. Seven of the ten top-grossing movies of 1988 were comedies, as are eight of the ten current top-rated TV series. Cable channels like HBO and Showtime have made comedy specials a staple of their schedules, while vintage sitcoms are being perpetually recycled across the dial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Round-The-clock Yucks | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

Except for a few racy double entendres on The Golden Girls, network TV on Saturday night is a pretty tame affair. Twist the dial a few notches, however, and there's mayhem aplenty. One evening a few weeks ago, a man was impaled on the handle of a hay rake by a wolflike demon that had risen from hell at the behest of a satanic cult. A couple visiting an art gallery wondered why the sculptures of terrified people looked so unnervingly lifelike. (Any guesses?) And Freddy Krueger, the razor-clawed maniac from the Nightmare on Elm Street films...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Invasion of The Wild Things | 11/6/1989 | See Source »

Obscenity. This week the court will review a Dallas ordinance that imposes strict licensing and zoning requirements on sexually oriented businesses. Later this term an Ohio case will ask whether there is a First Amendment right to possess lewd photographs of children. In last term's dial-a-porn and flag- burning cases, the Justices maintained a tolerant free-speech stance; court watchers are waiting to see what change may occur...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Enter, Stage Right | 10/9/1989 | See Source »

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