Word: hookups
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard's next four games constitute the hardest part of its schedule. And Wednesday's hookup with Boston College (7:30, Briggs Athletic Center) promises to be the toughest of the year...
...also took the chance to show that he was miffed about his treatment on a televised "mini-debate" with his Democratic challenger Lt. Gov. John F. Kerry last night. In the debate on WNEV-TV, Kerry sat in the studio with the moderator while Shamie responded via a TV hookup at the Copley Place Hotel...
...Chicago-Singapore hookup is a major step in the trend toward round-the-clock, round-the-world financial trading. Last July, officials of the New York and American stock exchanges announced that they were exploring the possibility of expanding their hours beyond the current 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. When the Chicago-Singapore link opened last week, trading was limited to futures contracts in Eurodollars, which are U.S. dollars deposited in foreign banks, and deutsche marks. Next month the exchange will begin trading futures in Japanese yen, and it may soon handle commodities like gold...
Mary Plunkett, a sales coordinator for an Atlanta food company, complains that about 20% of the time the Sprint hookup "just refuses to work." Nevertheless, she adds, "But it saves us a substantial amount of money. That's the best incentive there is." Typically, tolls for both MCI and Sprint are less than...
...sorts of services usually taken for granted, or not thought of at all by ordinary users, may go up sharply. A house visit to install a phone would go from $10 to $12. The connection to the central office would jump from $25 to $50. Inside-wire hookup would go from $28.50 to $36, and phone-jack installation from $9 to $14. In addition, the company wants 1½%-a-month interest on bills not paid within 30 days...