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Making calls on campus to another student is wonderfully easy. You never have to dial more than five digits, and since everyone’s phone number begins with 3, you don't even have to remember all five. Thanks to the arcane workings of the Harvard Student Telephone Office, the change to 10-digit dialing within the Boston area this Monday probably won't affect you at all. But for those occasional outside calls to Tommy's that we do make, is dialing 10 digits really that...
After today, those who call numbers without dialing an area code first will receive a pre-recorded message saying, "To complete your call, you must dial all 10 digits, including the area code of the number you are calling. Please redial using the complete 10-digit number...
...digit method has been available for use since last September, allowing a seven-month adjustment period before today's mandatory change...
GIVE THEM CREDIT Starting this week, consumers will have Internet access to their credit scores. That's your three-digit loan-risk index, once seen only by lenders. Equifax, the largest U.S. credit reporter, and Fair, Isaac, which devises scoring, will offer for $12.95 a credit report, the same credit score lenders use and explanations of how it works. Rivals Trans Union and Experian are developing scores for consumers as well. Consumer advocates still hope Congress will make credit-score disclosure mandatory...
...second half, Harvard stretched its lead to 18 points and maintained a double-digit advantage until Cornell pulled to within nine late in the game...