Word: transfers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...This winter the hockey team failed to advance through the ECAC semifinals, so DeMichele has an extra week this spring to make the transfer from hockey to baseball. Considering his early success last year. DeMichele could expect a smooth transition...
...answered (the local Southern Bell, in a delicious example of inefficiency, used to mail 200 separate checks in 200 separate envelopes to pay the airport's monthly commission on 200 pay phones). Complaints and tempers run high in Chicago, Miami and Los Angeles. In San Francisco, the simple transfer of service from one address to another accounted for seven errors, including a wrong number, a wrong listing at central, and a reconnection that wound up on an unwanted party line...
...switching equipment, which routes calls through an open path in an intricate network of switches, is so reliable that it averages only 20 seconds of down time a year. Newer electronic systems now being installed are not only faster than crossbars, but can be programmed like a computer to transfer calls automatically to another number when a subscriber is away from home...
...Starr. Harvard's first Eastern champion in 12 years, will surely step in at 177 as a sophomore next year. Four other outstanding freshmen-Dave Lowe (134? John Peters (150). Bill Stuart (158). and Dick Duhong (167)-: should also move up. The most important additions, however, may be two transfer students, sophomores Josh Henson from Michigan and Jerry Kahrilas from Brown-who will bolster the Harvard mid-range at 134 and 142. Both sat out this year, but practiced with the team and competed in AAU tourneys...
...Transfer from Saigon. Bankers maintain that they do not knowingly handle any illegal transactions, but the point can be a fine one. Can a corporation remain formally unaware even though some of its employees, in their official capacity, can hardly avoid knowing of illegal dealings? An estimated $1 billion to $2 billion has been siphoned from Viet Nam into U.S. and foreign banks by profiteering Americans, Vietnamese and their allies. Typically, black marketeers sell Americans their illegally obtained military scrip at discounts of up to 60%. The Americans then take the scrip to a bank and buy travelers' checks...