Word: phoning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...basic problem is that my common room is to noise what the eternal flame is to illumination. If the radio isn't blaring, my roommates are on the phone. If the phone isn't in use, they are laughing about their Ec 10 problem sets...
...completion of his junior year, Carl had a D average and stood 145th in a class of 145. But on the basketball court he was a formidable talent, nicknamed "Sco" for his scoring ability. His skill caught the attention of schools nationwide. "My phone rang 24 hours a day," recalls Carl. "College coaches were chasing behind me." In November 1987 Carl signed a letter of intent to attend the University of Nebraska...
...November 1987, Olga Gonzalez, 30, was stopped at a traffic light in Miami Beach when a black Corvette piloted by a man with a touch of gray hair pulled alongside. After a brief conversation, she exchanged phone numbers with the charming driver, Mario Rodolfo Portell. He called that night to ask her out, and before long Gonzalez had fallen in love. It was an affair to remember. At Portell's urging, Gonzalez arranged to purchase a kilogram of cocaine through an acquaintance. But federal drug agents busted her and the dealer, and she is now serving a seven-year prison...
...will be as important to a community in the coming century as the railroads were in the last. Clay Center, because of its inexpensive real estate and literate work force, might be an ideal spot for a credit-card processing center or other "electronic cottage." Unfortunately, Clay Center's phone service, provided by Southwestern Bell, is so antiquated that hookups with international computer networks are impossible...
...there was another warning, this one from the FAA. The reason: four days earlier, the U.S. embassy in Helsinki had received an anonymous phone call from a person with a Middle Eastern accent. The tipster stated that a man named Abdullah planned to pass a device to a female Finnish passenger, who would unwittingly transport it to Frankfurt, then onto a U.S.-bound craft. U.S. and Finnish authorities dismissed the message because the caller was a known hoaxer...