Word: phoning
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...private house, thought Smiley ... A restaurant? Too furtive, too guarded-and surely they would have announced themselves as they picked up the phone...
...from about 55¢ a year ago, grubbing for firewood in a muddy forest does not seem such a bad idea. A few years ago, a good many Americans could not have said for sure what was being burned to keep them warm. Heat bills were often less than phone bills. Now, they not only know what heats their homes, but millions, particularly those who must use oil, are painfully aware that their bills will nearly double this winter over last year. Solar heating of water and living space has crossed the minds of many. The business of wood stoves...
Marine Sergeant William Quarles, one of the 13 blacks and women released from captivity in the American embassy in Tehran in November, picked up a phone this month and heard a stranger say: "I know you feel guilty. Don't worry about it-it's normal." The man who impulsively made the call, Hank Siegel, should know. Siegel, a press officer for B'nai B'rith, was one of the 132 hostages taken by the fanatical Hanafi Muslims in 1977 when they occupied three buildings in Washington, D.C., for 38 hours. Because he had recently suffered...
...battle for more U.S. power year upon year, Georgia's Sam Nunn, who saw a crisis coming and used the SALT debate to nudge the Government toward more concern, and New York's Daniel Patrick Moynihan, one of the preachers of the new reality. Jackson's phone has been ringing with callers urging him to get into the presidential race. Sam Nunn looked up at an aide last week and marveled at the sudden interest the media were displaying in the defense budget. For at least an hour a day now, Moynihan fields calls from his intellectual...
...agents got wind of the Sandia operation when they tapped the telephone of Robert McGuire, described in a police affidavit as a "known gambler and bookie." A remarkable message was transmitted from McGuire's phone at 6:39 p.m. on Oct. 11. No voice spoke and no ear listened: the electronically encoded message was sent by a portable terminal and it was received by a computer at Sandia. The information conveyed: data about gambling...