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Word: dial (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Connor offered advice for students with heating problems. He noted that every time he receives a heating complaint, he asks the student to check for furniture which has been inadvertently placed in front of a radiator, to check for open windows, and to make sure the radiator dial has been turned...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Gudrais, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Clamor for Heating | 10/16/1998 | See Source »

...resident said that the hacker "appeared to be from a dial-up account in Michigan...

Author: By Robert K. Silverman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Internet Hacker Breaks Into Eliot House Network | 10/7/1998 | See Source »

While on-campus callers can't jump to better long distance rates on their regular direct-dial long distance calls, relief may be in sight for those who are willing to forsake hearing a pin drop in order to keep their dime...

Author: By Michael L. Shenkman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: AT&T Offers Alternative to Standard Technology, High Phone Rates | 10/6/1998 | See Source »

...result: most students skip by 95.3 on their FM dial...

Author: By Andrew K. Mandel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Music for the Masses? | 10/5/1998 | See Source »

...full two-thirds of American households--may get a sinking feeling of another sort if they try to tune in. Cable companies are refusing, for now, to carry broadcasters' HDTV signals, saying information-rich HDTV channels overtax their systems and will force some existing cable channels off the dial. Viewers who want decent reception, therefore, will have to buy clunky, old-fashioned TV antennas if they plan to pull in digital broadcasts. Both sides hope to resolve the matter, but for the foreseeable future, "there will be a lot of finger pointing going on," says Torie Clarke, a spokesperson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HDTV Is Here! So What? | 10/5/1998 | See Source »

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