Word: ring
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...consider purchasing a $500 class ring, I find the A.B. on the side to be a little disconcerting. Since my parents are footing the bill for this graduation present, they get to have a little say in choosing the design. “Why are you getting an A.B.? It’s not like Harvard is granting you stomach muscles,” commented my Dad, illustrating typical father humor...
...attempts to elucidate the social forces that underlay it. For the most part, The Spice Garden avoids the usual plague of the journalistic novel of crudely putting exposition and argument in the mouths of its characters. The friendship between Father Xavier and Ghani is well rendered and has the ring of truth. Vatikiotis' writing style is polished and evocative, despite occasional patches of purple that could have been pruned. The novel's Romeo-and-Juliet subplot is sugary and painfully predictable, with lovemaking scenes that the judges of the Bad Sex in Fiction Award could take under consideration...
Since not every ring tone works with every phone, it's best to start by checking the menus on your phone for downloadable tunes or visiting the website of your carrier or handset maker. Most sounds cost between $1 and $2.50 each and are added to your monthly service bill. Search beyond the Top 10 lists, and you'll find lots of oldies but goodies like Marvin Gaye's Sexual Healing (on SprintPCS Vision phones), a selection of Bollywood hits (on Verizon's Get It Now service) and 100 college fight songs (on nokia.com and other sites...
...best way to get a ring tone that nobody else has is to create your own. Xingtone.com has a Windows application you can download onto your computer and use to create a 30-second snippet of any MP3, WAV or MIDI file. It works on most AT&T, Cingular, Sprint and T-Mobile phones, and it's free until Jan. 1, when the company will start charging $15. MotoMixer, available on some Motorola phones, lets you create your own mix of one of several songs by adjusting the drums, brass and other instruments directly on the phone. It costs...
...course, sometimes the best ring tone is no sound at all. That is why Modtones, which is available on several Verizon handsets, lets you download a silent ringer that you can then assign to certain incoming callers. You know--people like that ex-boyfriend who just won't stop calling. The caller will be none the wiser, and you can enjoy a bit more peace and quiet...