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Word: dials (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Dallas, Atlanta and Phoenix, Arizona -- with Murdoch's scrappy young network. In each city, Fox will switch from a UHF station (one of those occupying the channel numbers above 13, which historically have had weaker signals and lower viewership) to a stronger VHF outlet (2 through 13 on the dial). It was the boldest move yet in Fox's seven- year effort to achieve parity with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Murdoch's Biggest Score | 6/6/1994 | See Source »

Using a modem, students and others will be able to dial 496-8500 and type "c courses" at the access prompt. At the login prompt, modem users should type "courses...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Course Catalogue Premieres On-Line | 5/23/1994 | See Source »

...hold on. Suddenly the doorbell rings, or you want to go to the bathroom. What now? Unfortunately, Stargazer's pause button is still under construction. To stop a movie in midscene, you have to pick up a telephone handset, dial into the Stargazer control center, punch in a series of codes, and wait as long as half a minute for the order to be processed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Play...Fast Forward...Rewind...Pause U.S. Firms Want to Wire America for Two-Way Tv, But Their Systems Are Not Yet Ready for Prime Time | 5/23/1994 | See Source »

...questions a year on Bill Clinton." For all its clients combined, Hart's firm asks about 25,000 questions in a year. And when Clinton delivers a major speech, Greenberg sets up groups of people who watch and register their reactions on a hand-held device called a dial-a-meter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Playing By the Numbers | 4/11/1994 | See Source »

...Dial-G-for-Gacy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Serial Chic | 3/21/1994 | See Source »

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