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...problem with a restoration this big is that it's so hard to keep it a secret. And old habits die hard. How else to explain the woman working the switchboard at the Bush-Cheney transition headquarters the other day who picked up the phone and said, "Bush-Quayle." She quickly corrected herself with an embarrassed laugh, but who could really blame...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Bush Hires | 12/25/2000 | See Source »

...tired of the moral degradation," said Joe Spencer's wife Nancy, 52, a switchboard operator. "In my book, what you do in your personal life does matter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: Is It Over Yet? | 11/6/2000 | See Source »

...tired of the moral degradation," said Joe Spencer's wife Nancy, 52, a switchboard operator. "In my book, what you do in your personal life does matter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign Fatigue May Get the Most Votes | 10/28/2000 | See Source »

...When we reached upperclass status, we could choose bells instead. Being on bells meant answering the switchboard, routing the calls to the hall telephones, and, best of all, announcing the arrival of a visitor...

Author: By Anne G. Davies, RADCLIFFE CLASS OF 1950 | Title: Radcliffe: Looking Backwards At Four Years | 6/5/2000 | See Source »

President James B. Conant '14, also a Crimson editor, advised U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt '04 so often that he had to invent the position of provost so someone could run Harvard in his absence. When he called the White House switchboard, he told operators, "This is the president calling for Mr. Roosevelt...

Author: By James Y. Stern, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Low-Key President Raised Cash, Not Voice | 5/22/2000 | See Source »

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