Word: phoning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Another long-time listener, Jeremy Shapiro '89, said that he liked Open Phone America--the segment of the show during which listeners call in with questions on almost any topic--because "he's so obnoxious to the people who call...
...from cold cuts or lox and bagels--or a hot line that makes burgers and offers other entrees. Another daily feature is an ice cream bar with four or five different flavors and toppings. If you want to find out what's being served, you can dial a "Menu Phone" with a recorded massage of each day's offerings...
...wasn't offended by these naked expressions of greed. I myself can be quite greedy. I must have a Porsche 928S with a phone, and that Panasonic multivision system where you can control your television, stereo, VCR, and the U.S. tactical nuclear arsenal with the same remote. This is going to take some cash...
...chilling phone call, still rarely made but likely to become more common as the disease spreads and more and more public-health authorities begin tracing the sexual intimates of AIDS victims. Calls of this kind, known in public-health jargon as contact notification, have long been accepted as part of the effort to curb the spread of sexually communicable diseases like syphilis and gonorrhea. But when used to battle AIDS, the practice has aroused a storm of criticism and has raised some thorny ethical issues...
Bobbie Cooper, a communications manager for MCI, the long-distance phone company, had just returned from her Thanksgiving holiday when she was called into her boss's office. "We are eliminating your position," Cooper was told. At first the message did not quite register. "So where am I going?" she asked. The explanation that followed was painfully clear: she was being fired. Recalls Cooper: "It hit me like a ton of bricks. I was in a state of shock." Cooper, 44, had worked for IBM and one of its subsidiaries for 24 years. She was transferred to MCI when...