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Malone, it seems, uses the stage name "Raven" to lure callers into sexual fantasies. Talented at voice mimicry--and creative with content--Malone, or "Raven," has received three love letters and a marriage proposal during his eight months on the job, according to Time magazine...
Sweet-voiced "Raven," a Cherokee Irishwoman, was such a hit with callers to a Nevada romance line that one man phoned 26 times in a single day; three sent love letters, and a caller from West Virginia proposed marriage. Most of her fans conjured a mental image of a temptress with long, silky hair, a fantasy figure and a gift for off-color gab. But Raven's real talent, it turns out, was for mimicry. The voice belongs to Darryl Malone, a 165-lb. National Guardsman, husband and father of four children who is now suing Northwest Nevada Telco...
...Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, held a fact-finding session on the case and is likely to make a recommendation next month. "You must be wondering how an ex-Marine could talk sex to men," says Malone. "I had to feed my family. There was a point when I thought Raven was going to take over my life. After I hung up the phone, I had to take a shower because I felt so dirty." The line of work was actually his wife's idea: "I thought, Who would be better for the job than a man, since a man knows...
...names," Wilkinson writes, stone on stone, "are Iron Bark House, Springwater House, Killer Whale House, Killer Whale Chasing the Seal House, Killer Whale Tooth House, Log Jam House, Mountain Valley House, On Top of the Fort House, End of the Trail House, Middle of the Village House, Bear House, Raven House, and Raven Bones House...
Other scientists in the running are: Houghton Professor of Chemistry Jeremy R. Knowles, who reportedly turned down the position of FAS dean in 1984; Christopher T. Walsh, Jr., Gaiser professor of biological chemistry and pharmacology; and Peter H. Raven, a noted botanist...