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...WASN'T very long ago that insomniacs were a lonely, over-looked bunch. No one paid much attention to you as you tossed and turned and fiddled with your radio dial, your depression increasing each time you heard the National Anthem at the close of another station's broadcast day. And then you just lay there and tried to sleep...
...most of them rented by customers of AT&T's 22 local operating companies. This is surprising because some of the local companies exact a monthly rental charge that seems inordinately high. New York Telephone Co., for example, charges a steep $3.03 per month for a standard rotary-dial telephone...
...fifth grade naivete was just what went on in those finely upholstered meeting rooms that we were whisked through only when they were empty. I greatly anticipated the day when I would turn fourteen, which qualifies you to actually sit in on a debate, and play with the little dial on the chair that chooses a simultaneous translation of the proceedings in any of five official U. N. languages. Until I turned 14, I was pretty much a regular on the tour and in the gift shop...
...along by strengthening Canadian telephone service, as well as by bringing addi tional pay television programming to cable operators and, through them, to the homes of cable TV subscribers throughout Canada. Meanwhile, SBS's satellite, SBS-3, will be targeted toward the U.S. market, offering long-distance direct-dial service to consumers at rates lower than...
...Habit [Oct. 11] ends with the author's advice, "To reconnect yourself to the world, disconnect the set." To shut-ins and the handicapped, the good provided by TV is endless. Through my imagination I have been to sports arenas, enjoying every game. The pleasure of turning the dial to find the outside world makes my nights and days normal...