Word: phoned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Philadelphia for several weeks of radiation treatment. She knew that the letter was going to come that day, and when she called that evening she tried to mask anticipation by starting a casual conversation about school. "I said, `Mom, I got into Harvard,' and then I heard the phone drop and she just started screaming. My aunt said that she went around the hotel and told everyone in the lobby that her son was going to Harvard. I was as happy for her as I was for myself...
...Philadelphia for several weeks of radiation treatment. She knew that the letter was going to come that day, and when she called that evening she tried to mask anticipation by starting a casual conversation about school. "I said, 'Mom, I got into Harvard,' and then I heard the phone drop and just started screaming. My aunt said that she went around the hotel and told everyone in the lobby that her son was going to Harvard. I was as happy for her as I was for myself...
...ringing phone doesn't ease the nerves, either. Liu says the Pu Pu does the vast majority of their business in delivery and takeout, and it shows. The phone, located in the front seating area, seems to ring every three minutes, and the loud tone reverberates throughout the restaurant...
...ringing phone doesn't ease the nerves, either. Liu says the Pu Pu does the vast majority of their business in delivery and take-out, and it shows. The phone, located in the front seating area, seems to ring every three minutes, and the loud tone reverberates throughout the restaurant...
Then my 17-year-old brother got on the phone. "Why don't you just put the spare on?" It hadn't really occurred to me yet. "If you call triple-A for this you're lame." He concluded, and then handed the phone back...