Word: handset
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...machines, which feature touchtone dialing, an emergency police access button, a two-way intercom and no handset, are expected to be last longer than their predecessors, Tassinari said...
...meeting and ritualistically denouncing Stravinsky at a conference the next year in New York City. Always he is haunted by the doom- laden specter of Stalin (Terence Rigby), who is seen thumbing through dossiers while sitting by the telephone, dispatching his opponents to their graves simply by raising the handset from the cradle...
...procedure is almost as easy as on earth. Callers will insert a major credit card into the slot on cordless, pushbutton models mounted in the cabin. The passenger can return to his seat with the handset and direct-dial any U.S. number (international calls are yet to be offered). The unit on the airplane is programmed to search out the best of Airfone's ground relay stations across the nation, one of which will automatically transfer the call to regular AT&T long lines. Callers will even be able to check in with their home answering machines for messages...
Although prices are inching down, they will still discourage casual lovers of electronic toys. The cost of phones ranges from about $2,000 to $4,400. The phones themselves, similar in size to a standard cordless handset, are just the beginning. There is usually also a onetime $50 charge to buy a number, a $35 monthly service fee and a charge of 400 per minute for prime business-hour calls. But users do not mind. Says Washington Real Estate Broker Dee Carl: "In my business, I can pay for a cellular phone in one deal...