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Title: Bell telephone magazine
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Information Dept
Subjects: Telephone
Publisher: (New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., etc.)
Contributing Library: Prelinger Library
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The first official call through the electronic central office was madewhen Governor Hughes, left, tested the telephone service of thefuture by adding on John T. Connor, U.S. Secretary of Commerce,who was in New York City, to an existing conversation betweenhimself and Mayor Louis Nero, second from left, of Ro.xbury Township. 45 Being a practical thoug lighthearted manual of arms for thos who must write business letter* memoranda, etc. and also for thos who must finally approve such document
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Whatever HappenedTo The Subjunctive? Kermit Rolland ■ My friend was in a reflective,Friday afternoon mood. He said,Wo can invent the telephone—we canlay cables beneath the seas—we cantransmit data across the boundaries ofspace. In short, we are capable of creat-ing the most sophisticated tools to aidpeople in extending the range of theirvoices beyond their immediate environ-ment. In addition, we have learned howto manage these tools and the peoplewho operate them so that the communi-cations services we supply are remark-ably trouble-free. And yet . . . My friend smiled ruefully. . . . andyet so many of us still lack the knowledge—skill—ability—whatever it is, to man-age the most familiar communicationstool of all: the simple English sentence.All too often when we try to communi-cate in writing our good intentions arenot matched by results. In particular, I am thinking of therelationships between the people who write letters, memos, and the like andthe other people who have

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