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...tradition of the electric toothbrush and the high-speed electric cocktail mixer, the latest effort-saving gadget is the Name Caller, which does away with the need of dialing a telephone. By pressing a button on the device, which can be easily attached to the phone, a user can reach any one of 38 numbers. Besides its speed and convenience, the Name Caller provides a foolproof way for a baby sitter to phone police, firemen or the family doctor in an emergency. The gadget-about the size of a small bathroom scale-has been available for only four months...
...pretzels were gone reports were predicting a major landslide for President Nixon, and several tearful volunteers were reading letters of thanks from the Boston area student coordinator. I hope the gift of this staff button conveys how much I wish you had been on the staff and how much I appreciated your effects...
...going to watch some more T.V. later." Amy Wilentz '76 said as she hit the right flipper button...
...agonizing, fiery pain in Coats' leg, surgeons are thinking of a radically new procedure: implanting a device with electrodes in the spinal cord so that when the pain heats up Coats can press a button and switch it off. He may have to use such a device all his life. Was it worth it? Would he do it again? "I don't feel the same as I did in 1967, because of what's come out?the Pentagon papers, and the reasons for the U.S. going in originally. I can't see why we kept on spilling American blood...
Other skaters who will be performing are Janet Lynn, U.S. Ladies' and Olympic and World Bronze medalist: Mark and Melissa Militano, U.S. Pairs Silver medalists and members of the Olympic and World teams; and Ann and Skip Millier, U.S. Dance Silver medalists and World Team members. Dick Button, former World and Olympic champion, will be master of ceremonies...