It was far from universal, and if someone didn't have a phone, you couldn't call them.

它不普遍，你只能打电话给那些有电话得人。

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The result was not a single phone call, unless you count the ones from vendors trying to sell him photocopiers and phone systems.

但结果却是除了那些想向他推销影印机和电话系统的供应商外，没一个人给他打电话。

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If you've ever walked to the kitchen to get a snack, been interrupted by a phone call, and then forgotten what you wanted from the fridge, you may have seen a glimpse of your future.

如果你曾经在走去厨房吃点心的途中时被一个电话铃声打断了，然后忘记你想从冰箱里拿的东西，那么你可以瞥见到你的未来。

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Of course, you don't have to answer a phone call from a marketing concern, but you're breaking the law if you don't give the Census Bureau the details it wants.

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Combine these facts with the practices of many credit card companies that provide detailed account information by automated phone systems when you call from your home number and this can become a real threat.

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The President will telephone -- President Obama will telephone President Karzai within the next half hour, and we'll have a readout from that phone call for you all right after that.

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