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Word: dials (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Heah comes da Wolfman!" the voice rasps in rural black accents. "Don't touch dat dial!" High-pitched giggles lacerate the air, quickly followed by a rough approximation of a wolf howl. "We gotta whole lotta soul comin' atcha," the voice promises. "Rock V roll wid da Wolfman. Lay yo' hand on da radio right now 'n' feeel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Wolfman's New Lair | 8/27/1973 | See Source »

...JONATHAN GATHORNE-HARDY 350 pages. Dial Press...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Bringing Up Master | 8/13/1973 | See Source »

...Touch" system is made possible because the bank subsidiary's computer can interpret touch telephone tones as commands-something that cannot be done with rotary-dial telephones. By pressing a combination of numbers, the customer can transfer funds from his account to the accounts of cooperating businesses with which the customer deals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BANKING: Dial-a-Payment | 7/9/1973 | See Source »

...from potential additional customers. One thing that the system cannot guarantee to prevent is an overenthusiastic customer's directing the computer to pay more bills than he has money in the bank to cover. In order to solve that problem, presumably, the customer would have to resort to Dial-a-Prayer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BANKING: Dial-a-Payment | 7/9/1973 | See Source »

...Chief," and "Nixon has a staff infection." "In the twelve years I've been at the Shoreham," says Russell, "I've never had anything like the past two months. The audiences love the whole spy thing, like McGovern picked up a grapefruit and heard a dial tone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Watergate Wit | 6/25/1973 | See Source »

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