After a talk on the telephone with Bill Clinton, Japan and the United States said they would act together to stop the collapse of the yen.

ECONOMIST: Hashimoto��s curious comeback

If we lose our freedom to talk openly on the telephone, if we know the government can make the library tell it what books we are reading, if our government can hold a U.S. citizen for years without charging him with any crime, we become less American, less free.

CNN: Limits to power

It is already virtually impossible to talk to a real person on the telephone.

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