Word: earlied
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...buzz of boardrooms, power lunches and anxious phone calls from the freeway. It was debated by stockbrokers, real estate agents, Hollywood producers and media Bigfeet. Mid-level executives who wouldn't leave home without a phone in their pocket -- or at their ear -- were putting off calls or finding other ways to make them. Sales of cellular radio telephones -- which had been growing at a sizzling 20% to 70% a year for the past decade -- were temporarily put on hold...
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger whispered in the ear of former Secretary of State George Shultz, Kissinger still looking as if he was plotting huge power moves around the world...
...word of caution: "the '60s involves flat sides, puffiness on top and something called "tucks" in the vicinity of the ear, and should be part of a platform shoes and bellbottoms ensemble...
Contacts are out. Coke bottle glasses are back in. Hang onto those straight-legged, look-like-they-never-left-the-store Levis. But remember, no button flies. Ever. Pocket protectors are out. The pen behind the ear look is in. Other accessories: none (Mr. Premed doesn't waste his time with accessories...
...prosecution never presented any information to that effect. It was widely suspected that someone in the government, aware of Robinson's antipathy to the South African regime, provided the judge with false information to ensure a harsh sentencing for Pollard. Perhaps Weinberger himself did not whisper into Robinson's ear, but he certainly went out of his way to make sure Pollard received excessive punishment...