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...move. Columbia University's Seweryn Bialer considers it unlikely that the Kremlin hierarchy will ultimately choose a former KGB chief as its head. "The political and military leaders do not want to live under the shadow of the secret police as they did under Stalin," he says. Dialer believes that if Andropov is selected, it will be a sign that the leaders believe that the Soviet Union and its empire are in deep trouble. "It will mean that they feel obliged to turn the screws tighter at home because of economic difficulties and in Eastern Europe because of challenges...
...have unlisted numbers, up from 8.5% ten years ago. One .reason is to escape annoying calls from such groups as pushy salespeople-peddling everything from insurance policies to vacation homes-and over-zealous charities. But the privacy invaders are beginning to fight back with a new weapon: an automated dialer and recorded-message player that can make up to 1,000 calls a day. Because the device blankets entire telephone exchanges-automatically dialing all the numbers, both listed and unlisted-no one can escape the unwanted pitches. And taking the phone off the hook activates a "howler" device of slowly...
...royal flush for Fleet Street's sensation seeker, the London Daily Mirror. Princess Anne GETS OBSCENE PHONE CALLS, headlined the paper, disclosing that a devious dialer had uncovered Anne's top-secret number at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, where she and Husband Mark Phillips live. Only two days after the number was changed, reported the Mirror, the off-color caller discovered the new royal connection, resumed his work, and at one point "started to whistle the national anthem" before the princess could hang up. Though Buckingham Palace spokesmen dismissed the business as a simple case...
...company's new pushbutton Touch-Tone, which reduces the average "dialing" time from nine to four seconds, will make every business phone a candidate for replacement. Cost: $5 for installation, plus $1.50 to $1.90 extra a month. Another innovation that A.T.&T. recently introduced is the Card Dialer, which enables a user to reach frequently dialed numbers by slipping a punched-hole plastic card into the base of the phone. It cuts dialing time to two seconds, costs $15 to install, plus $3.50 a month extra, with 40 free cards. This year A.T.&T. will bring out the Trim...
...trouble, of course, is that many people, uninformed of the latest of many recent changes, telephone the old number. Such is human frailty that men too often err; and such is University wisdom that a recorded announcement--spoken incidentally by a seductive female voice--directs the dialer to the correct number...