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...often the only way of reaching a G.I. client. As for being denied military phones, Aronson introduced a newspaper clipping about a whorehouse that had such a phone and added that to reach Client McLemore's military attorney he had had to place 233 calls to the military switchboard-only four of which ultimately got through to the right man. With all the obstacles, L.M.D.C. lawyers saw McLemore for the first time only one hour before going into the courtroom...
...last Friday, near the end of a normal working day, an operator on the Harvard switchboard heard the news that others had only dreamed of. Lamont Library was going to explode...
...usually once a week), TeleSessions calls the subscriber to connect him with as few as ten or as many as two dozen other participants. For a fee of $2 an hour-long-distance participants must call in themselves and also pay long-distance rates-TeleSessions hosts provide a special switchboard, coordinate and schedule each session and make the telephonic introductions of each newcomer to the group. They also screen out the cranks, disconnect the obstreperous and occasionally cut in to redirect a faltering discussion. An actual moderator, TeleSessions discovered, is unnecessary...
...reaction to the Gdansk rioting was swift and ferocious. The government literally sealed off the city. Western ships were ordered to leave the harbor. Trains were halted and flights into the Gdansk airport suspended because of "bad weather." Telephone operators refused to put through calls, explaining that there was "switchboard trouble." Roadblocks turned back inquisitive motorists...
...Iroquois Club on Mt. Auburn St. for the summer and used it as a hostel where transients could crash free. The group also opened a storefront at 9 Mt. Auburn St. where it operated a medical, legal, and psychiatric referral service, a drug counseling service, and a telephone switchboard for people seeking help...