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Hubert Vogelsinger, the Elis' rookie coaching ringer from Austria, deploys 8/11ths of his forces around the home goal and leaves the attack to a minimal forward line of three forwards. When they score, it is a quick strike: the backs kick long to the speedy forwards who get off a shot before the opponent's defense can retreat...
...developed and in general use among independent companies long before it was adopted by Bell. Another feature in general use by independents for half a century (but not yet used by Bell) is full selective ringing on rural multiparty lines. Independents introduced the handset or cradle-type telephone, the ringer in the telephone base, the colored telephone, conversation timing and other features...
...colleagues started. But in the second inning, Javits, 62, stepped in for a swing while Bobby, 40, hooted pleasantly from the sidelines. The Senior Senator cracked a clean single-uh, clean, if you don't count some fumble fingering in centerfield. Daughter Joy Javits, 17, who was a ringer (she's on Senator Claiborne Pell's staff), then brought her balding pa pounding home with a triple. Thus inspired, "The Old Men" eked out a 28-17 win. Two-four-six-ache, who do we appreciate? Jake, Jake, Jake. Yeah...
...sense of invasion is not necessarily physical. For every soliciting doorbell-ringer there is his counterpart on the telephone-and few Americans can resist the imperative of a ringing phone. The TV set is a chattering presence. The mailbox is constantly flooded by printed sales pitches. How did the catering service know that a family's daughter was getting married or that they had just bought their first...
...Senate, Vice President Hubert Humphrey swore in the only new mem ber: Virginia Democrat Harry Flood Byrd Jr., 51, a ringer for his famous father, who resigned in November be cause of ill health, after 32 years in of fice. "Little Harry," as he is called back home in Winchester, where he is editor of the Winchester Star (circ. 13,-000), took his father's old front-row desk for the first day, will eventually move to a back-of-the-chamber spot reserved for new members. On the House side, two new members also took the oath: Ohio...