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...Number Calling was the answer to the dilemma. Numbers appear at ten holes on a dial, and ANC gives 800 (8 times 10 times 10) possible three-digit central-office codes* an increase of nearly...
...letter code, creating exchanges like PRospect 1 up through PRospect 9, there are still only 540 combinations available. This was more than enough until Direct Distance Dialing came on the scene in 1951. The U.S. is now divided into 105 code areas, each having its own three-digit number; within any single DDD area, no two telephone numbers can be the same-and simple mathematics shows that 540 central offices are not enough for some of the more populous dialing areas...
...telephone researchers insist that over the short time it takes between looking up a number and dialing it, ANC's seven-digit numbers are just as easy to recall as those with two letters and five numbers. They admit, however, that permanently memorizing All-Number numbers takes a little more effort. An officially recommended procedure is to group the numbers into two parts, such as 571 (pause...
Sporting? Try your hand at the Direct Distance Sweepstakes. Dial any ten numbers with a zero or one as the second digit and guess where you'll end up It could be any place in the United States or Canada. And don't worry about the cost; chances are you won't hit a working number...
...world which every day I find nastier and nastier." Anti-Bomb Activist Braine did not expect to be troubled by the big bad world for long. Reminded of his prophecy of last year that "there won't be a 1962," he alibied: "Perhaps I just slipped a digit. What is a year? At least when a writer makes a mistake, it doesn't do you any harm, but the politicians...