Word: phoning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Within 24 hours, I began to get frantic phone calls from correspondents who were being sent to new assignments," she recalls. "We got into such fascinating topics as 'What can I do with semicircular curtain rods on my new rectangular windows?' and 'Will the company pay to ship my personal 1,000-lb. printing press?' " Some problems were more urgent. When a reporter flew into a war zone, Davis arranged for standby medical aid. "It's a little like being a den mother," she says...
Within 30 seconds of the nuclear blast last Wednesday, a phone rang in the control room 30 miles away. Soviet Scientist Viktor Mikhailov picked it up. He punched the air to register glee at receiving precise information on the bomb yield; the control room burst into applause. The underground test the group was celebrating, however, was American, held at remote Pahute Mesa, Nev. Seven Soviets were in the control room to gauge whether measuring devices accurately calculated how powerful the explosion had been...
...Hastings, the FBI commissioned a retired agent to pose as one of two brothers convicted of racketeering in the judge's courtroom. The impersonator struck a deal with Borders. In exchange for $150,000, Borders would get Hastings to reduce the brothers' punishment. Two meetings and a cryptic wiretapped phone conversation ensued between Hastings and Borders, followed by an order from the judge that $845,000 in confiscated funds be returned to the brothers. Hastings counters, however, that his ruling was dictated by two appellate-court decisions, rather than the Borders deal, of which he claims to know nothing. None...
Furthermore, he just can't seem to find any job that suits him. Suzanne nags him to go to graduate school, but he is intimidated by her intellect. So he works as a phone repairman yet continually laments his fate and his inability to make the dreaded career choice...
...Kansas Senator wants the job, but he makes jokes about his wife's waiting by the phone. He would highlight the ticket's experience; she could help close the gender gap. Picking her would be a daring gamble that could change the entire game, but her only real experience is a spotty tenure as Transportation Secretary. Picking him would be far safer, but it would allow Democrats to show their footage of him snarling nasty things about Bush...