Some Marvell executives forgot to hang up the phone after leaving a voice mail with Jasmine and were overheard seemingly plotting to steal the technology.

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She is constantly in contact with co-workers, but she says it's important to know when to turn off the computer and hang up the phone.

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"I told him (former West Virginia athletic director Ed Pastilong) to hang up the phone and call John Beilein back and hire him without waiting another minute, " Boeheim said.

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Cold-calling seniors, swindlers have found, is an effective way to reach them because they answer the phone and will not immediately hang up on them.

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Nonetheless, more and more Internet service providers are likely to start offering voice services as a way to try to hang on to dial-up customers and keep them from going to the cable or phone companies.

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They showed up in my phone's photo gallery as moving pictures that reminded me of those portraits that hang on the walls in Harry Potter movies.

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