Word: dialing
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...elaborate on his pre-high school life. So when Josh got his turn, he took on the heretofore unexplored topic of cannibalism: "Was it difficult choosing to eat Sonja in the second episode?" Rich asked to have Josh disconnected. There was a short struggle, and I heard a dial tone from his office...
...aircraft. Nyet was the official reply. So Albright, the former professor and Democratic Party player, decided to teach the hard-liners about hardball politics. She marched down the stairs, greeting the surprised guards with a few choice Russian words; they let her pass. She suggested she might dial up old chum IGOR IVANOV--a.k.a. the Russian Foreign Minister--if her 40-person entourage was not allowed off the plane; the Russians acquiesced. Within minutes, the Albright party was browsing in the terminal. Then suddenly the region's most powerful man, the Governor, appeared--to present Madam Secretary with flowers...
...mumbling--which forced me to repeat commands again and again--turned out to be the first of many problems. More annoying was mastering each service's navigation system. For example, I couldn't just dial up Tellme and say, "Give me the name of a good drama playing at my local theater." Instead, I had to say "movies" (pause), "Upper West Side" (pause), "drama" (pause). Then, after listening to a long list of films, I had to bark out more commands to get show times. Speaking like a robot and getting lost in a verbal maze was so annoying...
...MAIL, MOST ANYWHERE MailStation ($99, $9.95 a month), from Cidco Inc., based in Morgan Hill, Calif., is the size of a hardcover tome and very portable, with a small but readable flip-up screen. The company provides access with local dial-ups from most U.S. cities, but only e-mail is available--no surfing. Like nearly every other Internet appliance, Cidco commits you to its own Internet service when you buy the device...
...wants a buddy, not a fembot. Frank Keating wasn't a dark horse until he told us he was; too safe to be a surprise. Chuck Hagel has got foreign policy cred and independent cred, but it's doubtful Bush wants anybody who's on John McCain's speed-dial. That leaves John Kasich, the House budget guru and rock 'n' roller who has been written off as too young for a ticket short on presidential experience. But try this...