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Word: dialing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Bert Scursey. The telephonic waggery of this inspired prankster, immortalized by Thurber, once drove an innocent Mr. Connor both to of New York and his senses. But now outdoing Scursey, a group of sophomores are capitalizing on a curious accident that has made their room phone number the dial image of Sears Roebuck...

Author: By Michael O. Finkelstein, | Title: Lowell House Roebuck | 1/14/1954 | See Source »

Fish-Finder. A fish-finder capable of spotting a single fish 70 feet below the surface was brought out by Ross Laboratories, Seattle. The unit sends out ultrasonic pulsations of 200,000 cycles per second, has a dial on which a neon light shows the depth of echoes bouncing off an object. Echoes from a fish are short and sharp, those off the bottom drawn-out. Price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Jan. 11, 1954 | 1/11/1954 | See Source »

...days when he was a "library mouse," the Pope loves to do his own research. He will not trust a secretary to verify a quotation. Unlike his predecessor (who locked it in a closet), Pius XII uses his telephone constantly; he has a one-way line-no one can dial the Pope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Urbi et Orbi | 12/14/1953 | See Source »

GREAT ENGLISH SHORT NOVELS (879 pp.)-Edited by Cyril Connolly-Dial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Bedside Reading | 12/7/1953 | See Source »

...like a spot of murder, you might try "Dial 'M' for Murder." An English thriller about a monogamist with one wife too many, the play stars Maurice Evans. At the Plymouth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Theatre Topics | 12/4/1953 | See Source »

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