Word: disconnect
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Concerns. Clearly mindful of the forthcoming annual Western Economic Summit to be held in Williamsburg, Va., later this month, the participants called for greater coordination of Western economic policies in order to avoid what U.S. Special Trade Representative William Brock aptly described as "international dyslexia, where we have a disconnect of various components of policy." The West, said Brock, must act to "reduce barriers to trade and reinforce growth. That requires a substantial improvement of communication and coordination of policy." Achieving that will be difficult, yet if the allies fail to do so, Hormats pointed out, "the deterioration of economic...
...last anywhere from 30 to 90 days on units already installed, the hapless subscriber has little choice but to unplug the device and take it to his local telephone company office for servicing. If the telephone is one of the Bell System's early models that does not disconnect from the wall with a modular plug, the customer may have to pay an additional steep charge to have a repairman come out to his house, a good reason to make sure that the phone one buys can actually be unplugged...
Your review of Breaking the TV Habit [Oct. 11] ends with the author's advice, "To reconnect yourself to the world, disconnect the set." To shut-ins and the handicapped, the good provided by TV is endless. Through my imagination I have been to sports arenas, enjoying every game. The pleasure of turning the dial to find the outside world makes my nights and days normal...
...that families should be deprived of all the varied benefits of television is as inane as much of the mindless junk that is on the tube. The answer is not to disconnect the set but rather to exercise judicious control over the On switch...
...reconnect yourself to the world, disconnect...