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Word: phoned (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...legends in the making. Harold Bloom, fresh from his widely praised rumination on Shakespeare, lent us his magisterial tone for the essay on Billy Graham--a subject Bloom is familiar with from his close study of American religion. He was hardly the distant don, with his infectiously warm phone manner, addressing everyone as "my dear" while dropping invitations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When The Writer Is The Hero | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

Since the beginning of his presidency, Neil L. Rudenstine has placed fundraising at the top of his agenda, and now, with six months left, he is stepping up the number of meetings with large donors and phone calls to generous alumni...

Author: By James Y. Stern, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Moneybags: Harvard Buys and Builds as Capital Campaign Nears End | 6/10/1999 | See Source »

...page booklet describing this property and the surrounding area, together with three color brochures, is available by calling the owner at (202) 333-3929. (Leave name, address and phone number). The owner reflects on a dozen years of residence in Cambridge, Mass., and an association, for a like number of years, with one of the great universities of the world...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MOST UNUSUAL | 6/10/1999 | See Source »

...question Rex Harrison might ask of these super-connected '90s: Why can?t a cell phone be more like a land line? Well, the FCC is working on it, proposing new rules Thursday that would allow wireless service carriers to charge only the caller for calls, the way they do with traditional service, where simply answering the phone doesn?t cost you. It makes sense, not only karmically but commercially: By taking away one of the last financial stigmas surrounding the already ubiquitous cell phone -- Why the heck should I pay when someone else calls me? -- the wireless as bona...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: R-rring, R-rring. Please Deposit $4 for This Call | 6/10/1999 | See Source »

...course, someone still has to pay the premium for the carriers? investment in wireless technology (and for allowing you to act like a movie mogul). So part of the FCC?s plan is to provide an automated message telling the caller that he/she is calling a cell phone, and that the carrier is about to take the extra money -- besides the dime or so it costs to use a land line -- out of his/her hide. The FCC?s changes, due early in 2000, won?t be irrevocable; the option of caller-only billing would be up to carriers, and therefore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: R-rring, R-rring. Please Deposit $4 for This Call | 6/10/1999 | See Source »

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