Word: telex
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...next thing I notice is that something has changed. I don't know what it is right away, but somewhere off in the fog a signal is coming through that there has been a development on the pain front. The early reports are confirmed, and I get a solid telex with the words, "sharp drop in pain level in legs and upper body, believe hill to be leveling out." My compromised IQ takes some time with this, and after a moment concludes that this development merits investigation. I take a look at some of the other readings coming...
...profile, $24 million China investment, Beijing Jeep, was on the verge of collapse. Don St. Pierre, who headed the venture, appealed to a series of Beijing officials for help but got no response. Back in Detroit, where he had been summoned for a crisis conference, he suddenly received a telex from Zhu, then the obscure vice chairman of the State Economic Commission. "Please send a high-level delegation to China immediately, and we will solve this problem," the message read...
...hasten to point out, a zero when it comes to digits: I've dealt for years with postal code numbers, telex codes and apartment-block addresses like 99-34 67th Road (#6D). But now, all of a sudden, I have to list extension numbers for voice mail, fax numbers for home (thus doubling the number of numbers to list and, in the process, often extending the length of each number, to cope with a digital dearth) and http://'s. To reach a friend a few blocks away, I have to type 38 letters that mean nothing, a numeral, two underlines...
There's just one problem: it's not legal in most countries. In the U.S., for instance, it is against the law to transmit bets across state lines. And some states, like California, have laws prohibiting gamblers from placing wagers by wire -- in other words, by phone, telex or computer...
Throughout the cold war, the hot line-- really a direct telex-- between the U.S. President and the Soviet Premier was used several times in critical moments. Defense Secretary Les Aspin will soon announce the establishment of a defense hot line between himself and the Russian defense chief, General Pavel Grachev...