| 单词 | telephone directory |
| 例句 | Looking at her, you got the feeling that this was someone who could bend iron bars and tear telephone directories in half. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Consequently, good names appear on envelopes, on diplomas, in telephone directories, and in all other public places. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z When her father put the receiver down, Mary Anne, whispering a tuneless half-remembered melody, thumbed through the telephone directory, and with her pen, marked the number of the Ravenel Air Station’s Officers’ Club. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He remembers the astonishment of seeing pages full of Gangulis, three columns to a page, in the Calcutta telephone directory. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z And then the house will be occupied by strangers, and there will be no trace that they were ever there, no house to enter, no name in the telephone directory. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I contacted an acquaintance in America who helped me retrieve your address through a telephone directory in the library. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He found a telephone directory in a filling station and he wrote the name of the town on their map with a pencil. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z They stuffed the leaflets into stamped envelopes and addressed the envelopes with names chosen randomly from telephone directories. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z At Phoebe’s house, we examined the telephone directory. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z As Mr. de Piro put it, “you only have to look at the telephone directory. We’re a great muddle and mix.” Beneath Malta’s Beauty, a Tangled History 2013-12-06T18:20:39Z So is Mr. Carter’s 1978 Bell Centennial, which was designed to be legible in the tiny print of AT&T’s telephone directories. Design: For Electronic Types, a Mark of Distinction 2011-01-23T22:30:03Z But the prospect of taking to the stage with a name pronounced "mess" held no appeal, and she chose Sheridan from a telephone directory. Dinah Sheridan 2012-11-25T19:52:38Z I had described myself as being stood on a heap of telephone directories to sing the descant to Beethoven's Creation's Hymn. Peter Carey? Doesn't know his leeches. Tom McCarthy? Bad on moths 2010-10-17T20:44:00Z The book is the size of a telephone directory; its cover features a glowering, Brando-like Adonis in a tank top. When Men Wanted to Be Virile 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Ever since Homeland, many of us would be happy to hear Danes read the telephone directory. Storytelling: how reading aloud is back in fashion 2013-01-06T00:08:26Z So I hitchhiked there, planning to photograph everything in Paris for a book; a ridiculous ambition – it would have been the size of four telephone directories. Harold Chapman's best shot 2010-08-04T21:01:00Z His father retired as the chairman of TransWestern Publishing, which published telephone directories and was in San Diego. Lauren Garfield, Matthew Bloch 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z To track him down, he dialled the 75 Namjoshis he found in a telephone directory - but found no leads. WM Namjoshi: The man behind Indian cinema that looks like ice cream 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z “We called it the telephone directory,” his widow, Eda, told me. Perspective | Remembering Bill Offutt, who wrote the book on Bethesda’s history 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z Back when telephone directories were common, the saying was “I’d listen to this narrator read the phone book.” How the narrator can make or break your next audiobook 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z He stalled by reading from the Washington telephone directory and giving his colleagues his recipes for “pot-likker,” corn bread, and turnip greens. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z The Rock Island telephone directory listed “athletic baseball player” next to Harding’s name, and he would play for the Indianapolis ABCs, Detroit Stars and the Monarchs. In football stadiums and ballparks, he fought for the rights of Black athletes 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z The super-rich spend millions protecting their privacy and here was a couple revealing a telephone directory's worth of secrets. Inside the Johnny Depp court case 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z But in a working life that stretched from the 1940s into the new millennium, Mandel amassed enough credits as arranger, composer and musician to fill a small telephone directory. Johnny Mandel obituary 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z Facebook abandoned all of that, by simply turning the internet into a multimedia telephone directory. What's wrong with WhatsApp 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, Russian markets sold CDs of mass official information: home addresses, car registrations, telephone directories and other bulk indexes. 'A chain of stupidity': the Skripal case and the decline of Russia's spy agencies 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z The documents include pages from a 1945 Los Alamos telephone directory as a way of confirming the suspect’s lab employment. Fourth Spy at Los Alamos Knew A-Bomb’s Inner Secrets 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z The store was one of seven names in L.A.’s first telephone directory, according to the company website. Smart & Final markets bring $500 million in sale to an investment firm 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z It would require the pagination of a telephone directory to properly record what occurred on this Masters Sunday. Tiger Woods wins amazing fifth Masters 14 years after his last Green Jacket 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z In North Carolina’s Moore County, owners support the 100-year-old Pilot with revenue raised by side businesses - lifestyle magazines, electronic newsletters, telephone directories, a video production company and a bookstore. Town by town, local journalism is dying in plain sight 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z In North Carolina’s Moore County, owners support the 100-year-old Pilot with revenue raised by side businesses — lifestyle magazines, electronic newsletters, telephone directories, a video production company and a bookstore. Town by town, local journalism is dying in plain sight 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z And Amazon has funded projects on topics as far-reaching as creating a telephone directory for Tanzania. How scientists can team up with big tech 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z The pile included telephone directories, bills and campaign leaflets for regional elections, in what police said was the largest haul of undelivered mail ever found. Former postman found with 400kg of undelivered mail in Italy 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z The list was dismissed in Moscow as little more than a “telephone directory” of the rich. Experts question Trump decision to hold off on Russian sanctions 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z The company completed the turnaround phase of its strategy in 2016 that included cutting jobs, outsourcing services such as telephone directory printing and selling some properties. Telkom launches mobile video, music streaming services 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z You should be able to find these numbers in the local telephone directory for municipal services or on your town or city’s local government website. An Alternate Plan in Case of a 911 Failure 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z A spokeswoman for Derbyshire Constabulary said its first internal message was issued because "officers and staff were calling 101 rather than using our online telephone directory". Police 'used 101 number for their own admin tasks' - BBC News 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z The result was no-frills, but functional and inspiring enough to land on the cover of the telephone directory and nab design awards. Once home to the Lakers and L.A.'s first Democratic Convention, this arena is getting torn down with little fanfare 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z The list was dismissed in Moscow as little more than a “telephone directory” of the rich. Experts question Trump decision to hold off on Russian sanctions 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z The company completed the turnaround phase of its strategy in 2016 that included cutting jobs, outsourcing services such as telephone directory printing and selling some properties. Telkom launches mobile video, music streaming services 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z As a result, in Iceland, listings such as the telephone directory are alphabetised by first name rather than surname. Iceland allows Angelína in raft of newly approved baby names 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Apocryphally an anagram for A Company that Makes Everything, Acme got its name because it’s typically the first company mentioned in the telephone directory for any kind of listing: auto mechanics, plumbers, pharmacies, et cetera. The 18 Most Influential Fake Companies of All Time 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z “I’d rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University.” What an America made “great again” looks like: Report suggests a Trump administration would be staffed by non-political naifs 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z “I would rather be governed by the first 2,000 people in the Boston telephone directory than by the 2,000 people on the faculty of Harvard University.” Trump and Palin’s war against reason 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z These printed listings of courses and requirements were usually put together with all the creative panache of a telephone directory. Google reveals top searches for overseas students - BBC News 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z At the time of his death, Kerouac even kept a Lowell telephone directory on his desk. Kerouac’s knickknacks go on the road to author’s hometown 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z A factory that prints telephone directories is set to close, with the loss of 200 jobs. RR Donnelley Flaxby phone directory printers set to close - BBC News 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Two of his dogs were listed by name in the local telephone directory; he wasn’t. Burt Shavitz, Scruffy Face of Burt’s Bees, Dies at 80 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z In one 2012 case, an NSA analyst abused her powers and “searched her spouse’s personal telephone directory without his knowledge to obtain names and telephone numbers for targeting.” Snowden Docs Lead to Discovery NSA Employees Spied on Spouses, Girlfriends In late 2011, a document says, an analyst admitted that “during the past two or three years, she searched her spouse’s personal telephone directory without his knowledge to obtain names and telephone numbers for targeting.” NSA Reveals Improper Surveillance Incidents on Christmas Eve 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z But just as there are many different telephone directories, there are many different DNS servers. Julian Assange: Why I Founded Wikileaks Back home, I found a Manila telephone directory at the New York Public Library and discovered that the Kissingeresque-sounding Realistic Institute was actually a “vocational school for hair and beauty culture.” Whipping Boy 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z According to the telephone directory and recent census reports, nobody named Blythe Harris lived there. 'Am I being catfished?' An author confronts her number one online critic 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z The Scottish prosecutors also said on Wednesday that Mr. Coulson was aware of corrupt payments made to police officers to obtain a private telephone directory compiled by the royal family. Andy Coulson, Former Murdoch Editor, Accused of Perjury 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z It relates to allegations he was involved in conspiring to pay a police officer for royal telephone directories. Judge raises Coulson prison concerns 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z All domain names are entered into a global directory—like a telephone directory—that links each domain name to the real IP address of an actual website. Julian Assange: Why I Founded Wikileaks Meanwhile, Coulson and the newspaper's former royal editor Clive Goodman face a retrial on a charge of buying royal telephone directories from police officers after the jury failed to reach a verdict on these charges. Andy Coulson due to be sentenced 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Coulson, of Charing in Kent, faces a retrial along with Mr Goodman, on a charge of buying royal telephone directories from police officers. Lawyer seeks shorter Coulson sentence 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z Prosecutors in London are also seeking a retrial for Mr. Coulson on separate charges of illegally acquiring royal telephone directories from police officers. Andy Coulson, Former Murdoch Editor, Accused of Perjury 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z Coulson is accused of paying police officers for royal telephone directories. Former British Tabloid Editor to Face Retrial in Hacking Case 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Coulson and Mr. Goodman were accused of making payments to police security officers in return for in-house royal telephone directories, but the jury said Wednesday that it had been unable to reach a verdict. British Hacking Jury Dismissed After Failing to Reach Verdict on Remaining Charges 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z First, the authors trawled through archived telephone directories to track the number and location of burger joints in Canada between 1970 and 2005. Corporate sardines 2014-05-01T04:00:00Z Two of the payments - one for £1,000 and one for £750 - were requested by Mr Goodman to pay for two royal telephone directories. Former editor denies police payments 2014-04-08T18:16:25Z In 1991, after graduating in political science and administration, she took her first job as a trainee at a Shinawatra telephone directory business. Insight: Thailand braces for violence as PM Yingluck's charm runs out 2014-01-30T00:08:14Z During the quarter, AT&T sold 53 percent of its telephone directory business to private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management LP for $750 million in cash. AT&T posts higher-than-expected quarterly earnings 2012-07-24T12:04:43Z In effect, the root zone is the most authoritative telephone directory for the net; if a top-level domain isn't in its list, it doesn't appear. Icann, top-level domains and their expansion 2012-06-13T20:38:24Z At the very least, using the company name and the address of its headquarters should return something from business listings or telephone directories. Sizing Up the Company on the Other End of the Deal 2012-02-23T20:30:08Z “Thornton's—let's see—have you a telephone directory handy—could you give me their number?” The Story of a Doctor's Telephone?Told by His Wife 2012-02-05T03:00:11.420Z On top of the $4 billion break-up package charge, AT&T also took a big impairment charge for its telephone directory business, which it said it was considering selling. AT&T reports $6.7 billion loss on hefty charges, iPhone costs 2012-01-26T17:20:29Z U.K. telephone directories online didn’t list an address for Sandha since he left Coleorton Hall and the lawsuit didn’t provide details of where he is now. Banks Blame Countrywide for U.K. Mortgage Losses in 97 Suits 2012-01-09T17:05:11Z U.K. telephone directories on line didn’t list an address for Sandha since he left Coleorton Hall and the lawsuit didn’t provide details of where he is now. Banks Blame Countrywide for U.K. Mortgage Losses in 97 Lawsuits 2012-01-09T00:33:30Z No Malory of old romance, No Crusoe tale, it seems to me, Can equal in rich circumstance This telephone directory. Chimneysmoke 2011-10-27T02:00:25.953Z Co., and the author of the telephone directory might better have saved his jokes until the body of the book. Of All Things 2011-10-09T02:00:26.957Z He went to a nearby cigar store and consulted the classified telephone directory. The Secret Toll 2011-09-12T02:00:26.853Z The listing was reprinted in other printed and online telephone directories last year and this year. Montana barbecue restaurant owner sues over telephone book?s ?Animal Carcass Removal? listing 2011-09-09T21:39:47Z The time-table confirmed his fear; he threw it down, and plunged into the telephone directory instead. The Crime Doctor 2011-09-09T02:01:05.570Z Ms. Yingluck’s professional career began at her brother’s business empire — first at a company that produced telephone directories, then at AIS, the cellular phone company, and finally a real estate company. A Political Novice Out to Prove She's Her Own Boss 2011-08-05T15:15:32Z Your Google Profile acts like a modern digital telephone directory to find anyone in the world. The end of communication as we know it 2011-07-28T16:04:44Z Stepping into the hall, she consulted the telephone directory. Marjorie Dean, High School Junior 2011-07-25T02:00:16.780Z He took up from the desk a telephone directory and consulted it with interest. The Brute 2011-06-30T02:00:30.283Z At all events, he had: the address listed opposite his name in the telephone directory proved that. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z According to the criminal complaint, Porterfield worked as a commissioned sales representative for a Illinois company that sells telephone directory and Internet advertisements. Wisconsin beauty queen quits amid identity theft charges 2011-05-17T21:01:55Z Dozens of plastic surgeons are listed in the telephone directory and banks offer cheap loans specifically for those considering an aesthetic procedure. Beauty kings 2011-05-08T01:09:51Z Here, a minute’s search in the telephone directory supplied him with the number of Dayler’s house on Ninth Street. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z Bruce Schneier, an internet-security expert, thinks it is a bit like worrying about spammers stealing a copy of the telephone directory. E-commerce and data security: The phishers' big catch 2011-04-07T10:58:14Z Upon arriving home, Penny’s first act was to consult the telephone directory. Saboteurs on the River 2011-01-28T03:00:23.967Z All the time with a telephone directory on his knee, he was copying out addresses. The Golden Web 2011-01-15T03:00:38.007Z "I think it's the new version of the telephone directory," Bennett says of the presence of food chains on Foursquare. People worry about over-sharing location from mobiles, study finds 2010-07-12T06:00:00Z "To tell you the truth, I was just looking through the telephone directory to see if I could come across the name of a tailor I used to have some things from." The Hillman I was still awake at one o'clock and I got up impatiently and consulted the telephone directory. The Window at the White Cat Jane and Sue replied in unison and Miss Hardy picked up the telephone directory and after ascertaining the number of the local field of the Federated line, dialed the airport. Jane Stewardess of the Air Lines Certain special forms of printing such as market and stock reports, sporting news, price lists, directories, telephone directories, and the like make extensive use of abbreviations and signs. Abbreviations and Signs A Primer of Information about Abbreviations and Signs, with Classified Lists of Those in Most Common Use Such organizations are widely distributed on or near the coasts and are usually adequately listed in local telephone directories. Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification He was sitting smoking an after-breakfast pipe on the following morning, and gazing at the telephone directory, when his bell rang. The Hillman I didn't know where to go," she confessed, "so I took the telephone directory, the classified part under 'Attorneys,' and after I shut my eyes, I put my finger haphazard on the page. The Window at the White Cat They stopped at a corner drugstore to consult a telephone directory. Penny Nichols and the Knob Hill Mystery He went to the hall and looked in the telephone directory. The Indian Drum There was no telephone in the room, but down-stairs Wallingford found a pay ’phone and selected a lawyer at random from the telephone directory. Young Wallingford I looked it up in the telephone directory just now.” Jacob's Ladder He was still grumbling when he helped me pick a chemist out of the telephone directory and went along to the lab with me. The Old Die Rich Find a drugstore, where there would likely be a telephone directory, and go in and look up the address of a hock shop. Exile from Space Don't you ever know the impulse, when you are idly turning the pages of a telephone directory, to ring up some total stranger and engage him in light conversation? Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, June 9, 1920 Retracing One's Work.—If no Davises are listed in the city or telephone directories, or none of those whose names appear knows anything of the shooting, the reporter's work of inquiry is still unfinished. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories The Davises were not highly distinguished folk: no doubt Archie could find in any telephone directory plenty of distant cousins of humble station. Clark's Field Name and telephone directory add up to the right number. The Flying Stingaree Take the telephone directory and the London directory, and sit you down at my desk. The Camera Fiend I sent a notice to the Post Office about the telephone directory, telling them to alter the name. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 21, 1914 He looked up a number in the telephone directory. The Dominant Dollar Have you thought, for example, of the amount of material and labor that goes into producing the millions of thick telephone directories annually circulated among the subscribers? Paul and the Printing Press Instead, there was a central directory—think of a telephone directory—which contained a constantly updated list of the addresses of individual computers and the files they contained. The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind Work through the list with the telephone directory, and ring up every chemist who's on the telephone, beginning with the ones nearest in, to ask if he keeps d'Auvergne Cigarettes for asthma. The Camera Fiend In point of fact, it was discoverable in a London telephone directory, because the upper part of the premises were used legitimately enough in the proprietor's business as restaurateur. The Book of All-Power It had never occurred to him, shut up so long in a flat without any book save the telephone directory, that there could be so many books in the whole of New York. The Rich Little Poor Boy A shelf is provided for the telephone directory, paper, pencil, etc. Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part 2 I tried to peer into her mind but it was like trying to read the fine print of a telephone directory through a knitted woolen shawl. The Big Fix The coincidence of his name did not strike me as unusual, because the telephone directory is full of such parallels. The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story The telephone directory is a safe guide, much more so than an old letter or bill head or an uncertain memory. The Book of Business Etiquette Under its soiled seat-cushion was a ragged copy of the New York telephone directory, which just nicely filled in the sag between the cushion and the bottom of the chair. The Rich Little Poor Boy At two he seized the telephone directory, and, a minute later, the instrument. The Crooked House Then he asked for the telephone directory, thought better of it and decided to call at the office of the Alderson Construction Company unheralded. Every Man for Himself She was curious enough to look through the telephone directory to discover where he lived. The Angel of Terror In New York City alone, forty-eight thousand wrong numbers are asked for every day by subscribers who have not consulted the telephone directory first, or who have unconsciously transposed the digits in a number. The Book of Business Etiquette About two o'clock he bethought himself to look up the family with which Mr. Neal lodged in the telephone directory and to inform them of the accident. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story One day I planted myself out there with a little red note-book and the telephone directory. Sunny Slopes And if you succeeded you would have a document the size of the New York City telephone directory. The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects He scanned the pages of the telephone directory for the number he wanted. The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware Two months?—in their deductions and guesses and consultation of out-of-date telephone directories. Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement Well, the name must be in the Long Island telephone directory. The Brimming Cup He picked up the telephone directory, inserted the blade of the paper knife, opened the book, and laid the knife across the page. Wide Courses He reached for the fat telephone directory and searched out the numbers of those motion-picture companies which he did not remember readily. The Phantom Herd He hung the receiver up on the hook, and reached for the telephone directory. The Case and the Girl Let's leave it to the classified lists in the telephone directories. Fascinating San Francisco I looked them up in the telephone directory, checking up the numbers of the telephones of the Jones, the Simpsons, but that gave no clue. The Apartment Next Door If you press ALT-D followed by the number "2," Procomm will locate the number to an online service in your telephone directory, and dial that number. The Online World The telephone directory showed that the offices were situated in the Oranien-Straat, about ten minutes' walk from the hotel, in the business quarter of the city round the Bourse. The Yellow Streak A telephone directory on the desk caught her eye. Star-Dust David muttered his thanks and flew to his big telephone directory. The Crimson Blind Between thumb and finger the night clerk held a wet pen with the threat of a weapon; one of the bell-boys had seized a telephone directory and was looking at it sheepishly. The Beautiful and Damned Press ALT+D to call a number, update the telephone directory, or select a script file for autologon to a service. The Online World On the cover of the telephone directory there were two or three numbers scribbled in pencil; I made a note of them with the idea that the woman might be traced that way. The Master Detective Being Some Further Investigations of Christopher Quarles Mr. Doolittle juggled the leaves of the telephone directory with the dazzling swiftness of a Japanese ball thrower, and in a few seconds he was speaking to the relict of the late Michael. The Sturdy Oak A composite Novel of American Politics by fourteen American authors When I heard him ask for the telephone directory I ran out and nipped one of the wires by the bathroom. The Crimson Blind Scarcely conscious of what he did, Anthony looked up Joseph Bloeckman in the telephone directory. The Beautiful and Damned If you have the latter, select numbers from the telephone directory for autologon. The Online World Her eyes were blurred with tears as she hurried up to the garret for suitcase and satchel, and down the hall to look up numbers in the telephone directory. Georgina of the Rainbows Wally, on his side, knew that Jill was in New York; and had already decided, erroneously, that she had found his address in the telephone directory and was paying an ordinary call. The Little Warrior "We have copies of the telephone directories of the principal cities in the state" came the quick reply. The Long Chance "You will find the telephone directory hanging on the end of the desk, Cassius," said Mr. Yollop graciously. Yollop There was a counter on which lay twine, shears and wrapping paper, and a copy of the most recent telephone directory. In Secret Matt thanked him, entered a telephone booth and on consulting the telephone directory, discovered that J. O. Heyfuss was a broker. Cappy Ricks Or, the Subjugation of Matt Peasley I found a sleuth in the classified telephone directory, and toddled round. The Little Warrior By consulting the telephone directory, the boys were soon in communication with the cracker company in question. The Rover Boys in Business Or, The search for the missing bonds She knew that he was at Shapley and looked it up in the telephone directory. Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo "The telephone directory is NOT the key," said Miss Erith, pushing it aside. In Secret His name was not in the city directory or the telephone directory. Back to God's Country and Other Stories "Thank you," said Johnny briskly, and started for the nearest telephone directory. Five Thousand an Hour : how Johnny Gamble won the heiress "Let's look at a telephone directory," suggested Tom. The Rover Boys in Business Or, The search for the missing bonds Unhappily, too, this is the Dark Age of Medicine--an age in which many of my colleagues, when confronted with a patient, consult a volume which rivals the Manhattan telephone directory in size. How and When to Be Your Own Doctor On it is a telephone and the telephone directory. Pygmalion You will find my address in the telephone directory. The Sheridan Road Mystery I’m going to be general manager of a big concern here, and you’ll find me in the next issue of the telephone directory.” The Efficiency Expert But there proved to be no Crowley Pelter in the telephone directory, so the boys had to consult a regular directory. The Rover Boys in Business Or, The search for the missing bonds I am not speaking of these, for they are not properly "books" at all; they come in the category of time-tables, telephone directories, and other useful agencies of civilized life. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography Kennedy stopped the car at a drug-store a few blocks away and asked for the business telephone directory. The Silent Bullet The man's name not appearing in the telephone directory, the agent had suggested that he would write to the man's former St. Louis address. The Sheridan Road Mystery Professor Deeping's number was in the telephone directory, therefore, on returning to my room, where there still lingered the faint perfume of my late visitor's presence, I asked for his number. The Quest of the Sacred Slipper The curious Soames had read right through the telephone directory from A to Z in quest of East 18642—only to learn that no such number was published. The Yellow Claw "Not a thing, except his own advertisements, a telephone directory, and so on." Dope It might be, of course, that the man had taken it for granted that his name and address would be readily found in the telephone directory. The Sheridan Road Mystery |
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