"9 saw the first direct-dialed long-distance telephone call,……" — Dave Barry

"9 saw the first direct-dialed long-distance telephone call, between New York and San Francisco. Of course, back in that primitive era the parties had to speak to each other manually; today one or both ends of the conversation would be carried on by a machine."

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