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Word: phoned (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Yard Punch set arrived in mono-quintets and parted in pairs, hes taking out their wallets and taking the names (but not the phone numbers) of shes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tanned and Taken at Punch | 7/5/1968 | See Source »

...Study a simplified model of the complex switching systems that make almost instantaneous coast-to-coast phone calls possible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher: Jul. 5, 1968 | 7/5/1968 | See Source »

...London for the week, Maureen was asleep when two bandits burst into her bedroom, gagged and trussed her with nylon stockings, methodically ransacked the place, and escaped into the night with $13,200 worth of brooches, rings and necklaces. It took her half an hour to free herself and phone the police. Luckily, the thieves failed to find their apparent object: Mia's nine-carat, $84,000 diamond engagement ring, presented to her in happier days by Frank Sinatra, was in Los Angeles at the time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jun. 28, 1968 | 6/28/1968 | See Source »

Last year, after taking 10,000 pages of testimony, the FCC determined that a fair return on Bell's interstate capital investment would be 7% to 7.5% v. the 7.5% to 8.5% that Bell had asked for. The FCC thereupon ordered interstate phone rates cut by $120 million, or about 3%. After a vigorous appeal, Bell got the FCC to temporarily suspend $20 million of the cut. Two weeks ago, A.T. & T. petitioned to have the $20 million thrown out altogether to compensate for the recent wage settlement and other rising costs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Communications: The Toil & Turmoil of Ma Bell | 6/21/1968 | See Source »

...cuff links seized by avid admirers-Bobby in Indiana, Nebraska and California has rented trains at a total cost of $8,700. No one has even attempted to reckon the cost to Kennedy of supporting the 13 relatives who are campaigning for him in the field, but their daily phone calls home must cost-by anyone else's standards-a minor fortune...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Politics: The Checkbook Factor | 6/7/1968 | See Source »

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