Word: phoning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Forget the days when the only extra services your telephone provided were the time and the weather. Thanks to New York City-based Phone Programs, a pioneer in prerecorded hot lines, everything from fresh sports scores to stale Henny Youngman jokes are now no farther away than the buttons on your Touch-Tone phone. The latest offering: daily messages from Samantha Fox, Bobby Brown and other recording stars. Initially dismissed by the music industry as an offbeat stunt, the gambit may become rock 'n' roll's hottest promotional device since the video...
...stand in line in sub-zero weather for opera tickets. We'd rather go out and buy that new Kiri Te Kanawa CD than open up this month's phone bill. We'll stay home to watch a Live from the Met broadcast instead of taking our chances on the new Arnold Schwarzenegger film. And even our beloved Mozart, Wagner and Puccini LP's are showing severe wear and tear...
...family took a "very pragmatic approach" to learning math and science, she says. For instance, Reed and Drew learned about electrical wiring from reading manuals in order to install a phone and a 12-volt system for the family television...
...thesis angst began one Friday afternoon in February of my freshman year. I had just returned from an English 10 section when the phone rang...
Since promotion is usually based on performance, the refusal of some whites to do business with black executives can be a source of frustration. David Grigsby is a broker at Merrill Lynch in Manhattan. When he prospects for clients over the phone, he does not always mention that he's black. That led to a surprise for at least one investor, who showed up to meet his adviser in person. He was "visibly shaken," Grigsby recalls. Not long afterward, the client asked for another broker. "It didn't take an Einstein to figure out what that meant," says Grigsby. Then...