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	Sorry, Wrong Number -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Sorry, Wrong Number is a 1948 (Photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies) film which tells the story of a woman who overhears a plot for (Unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being) murder.
		After a number of phone calls, the invalid Leona, terrorized by a number of phone calls, begins to piece together the mystery.
		Sorry, Wrong Number was made into a (A telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points) television play in 1946 starring Mildred Natwick and G. Swayne Gordon.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/so/sorry,_wrong_number.htm (511 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Sorry, Wrong Number!: The Abuse of Measurement: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The fifteen chapters are largely arranged in a logical progression from the origins of the wrong numbers to their social and political consequences.
		'Sorry wrong number' confronts head on the abuse of measurement and mathematics that plagues modern society, providing a detailed and extremely accessible debunking of the various tactics used by the press, politicians and others wanting to "prove" that their views are supported by statistics.
		'Sorry wrong number' is both entertaining and educating, and belongs on the shelf of anyone who wants to know what the numbers plastered across headlines on a daily basis really mean.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0953910806 (1750 words)

	Medialunchbox - DVD : Sorry, Wrong Number (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		'Sorry, Wrong Number' opens in a New York apartment with Leona Stevenson (Barbara Stanwyck), an immobile, bedridden wife trying to contact her husband Henry Stevenson (Burt Lancaster) by phone at his office but is accidentally connected to another line where she overhears two men plotting to kill someone later that night.
		Barbara Stanwyck and Burt Lancaster were two of the most dynamic stars in Hollywood history and together they generated fireworks in "Sorry, Wrong Number." Anatole Litvak directed this mystery classic along with "Snake Pit" and both were released in 1948.
		In "Sorry, Wrong Number", Barbara Stanwyck turns in one of the many memorable performances that made her the Queen of Noir.
	www.medialunchbox.com /ItemId/B000063URD (593 words)

	Sorry, Wrong Number
		And so it is with the story "Sorry, Wrong Number" and the performance of Miss Agnes Moorehead, we again hope to keep you in...
		OPERATOR (filter): If someone is trying to dial your number, there is no way to check it if the call is coming through the system or not -- unless the person who's trying to reach you complains to his particular operator.
		OPERATOR (filter): The number is in the directory or you may secure it by dialing Information.
	www.geocities.com /emruf2/otr/suspense2.html (3354 words)

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		Sorry, Wrong Number Why Media Polls on Gun Control are so Often Unreliable Gary A. Mauser and David B. Kopel How scientific are the polls reported in the media on the gun control issue?
		If the target population has been selected as "all households in the state," failure to include households without telephones is called "coverage error," as is failure to include people who are not-at-home or who refuse to participate when the interviewer calls their household.
		The key to reducing non-response error is the number of "callbacks." 34 If budgets are tight, it can be tempting to reduce the number of callbacks that are made to a household.
	www.saf.org /pub/rkba/books/jfp6ch02.txt (8369 words)

	Sorry, Wrong Number
		Sorry, Wrong Number (1) is a late contribution to the cycle of Gothic romance films produced throughout the 1940s (2).
		In Sorry, Wrong Number, the separation between inside and outside dissolves and time is presented in a matrix of flashbacks that disturb chronology.
		Sorry, Wrong Number incarcerates its heroine inside an oppressive domestic environment, defamiliarised by the use of “anti-traditional” lighting.
	www.sensesofcinema.com /contents/cteq/05/37/sorry_wrong_number.html (1225 words)

	Sorry, Wrong Number! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		When a fund-raiser asks for a donation, I answer, “Sorry, we’re flat broke!” That’s the truth — a week before payday, one daughter still in college, another planning her wedding and four grandchildren with birthdays.
		“Sorry,” I told her, “You have the wrong number.” A minute later, the phone rang again.
		She insisted she was right and told me the number she was calling.
	www.family.org /focusoverfifty/lifewise/a0025275.cfm (749 words)

	Amazon.com: Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) : Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Sorry Wrong Number is all about the trepidation of being left on one's own without the means to defend oneself.
		Sorry, Wrong Number ultimately stands as a testament to Stanwyck's finely tuned and hysterical performance as Leona.
		"Sorry, Wrong Number" is based on a popular radio play by Lucille Fletcher, who also wrote a novel based on the play and the screenplay for this film.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000003KE0?v=glance (3763 words)

	Amazon.ca: Video: Sorry Wrong Number (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		As she picks up the phone to dial her husband's office number to see what's keeping him, the phone wires become crossed and Leona overhears two men plotting a murder for that night, but the conversation gets cut off right before she can hear the address of where the murder will take place.
		Speaking as a fan of Lucille Fletcher's "Sorry, Wrong Number," the famous radio play, this version, adapted by Fletcher herself is surprisingly good -- especially given that the story has been fleshed out threefold.
		Barbara Stanwyck was nominated for an Oscar for her performance in Sorry, Wrong Number (the radio play also made a star of Agnes Moorehead), and it certainly is a tour de force with her in practically every scene.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000003KE0 (1119 words)

	Sorry, wrong number
		Although 21 stories referred to the USGS as the source of the numbers, few of the analyzed stories actually quoted anyone from the USGS; the numbers generally came from proponents or opponents of drilling, not from impartial sources.
		Or they cite incomparable numbers, or extend the ends of the range to be 'conservative,' no matter what the original data say," says Koomey.
		This omission was particularly glaring because there really is only one source for the estimates of recoverable reserves, and the various participants in the debate merely chose those numbers from the USGS studies that supported their positions.
	enews.lbl.gov /Science-Articles/Archive/EETD-wrong-number.html (1887 words)

	Fire Chief: Sorry, Wrong Number (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		They had no phone number or location for the cell caller like they would have from a landline.
		The California Highway Patrol estimates that it would have to double the number of officers to respond to open-line cell-phone calls in that state.
		By the end of June 2004 the number was reduced to 29.2%.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0HEI/is_12_48/ai_n8587958 (943 words)

	Ohr Somayach :: Ethics :: Sorry, Wrong Number
		I have a telephone number that is apparently very similar to someone who is a "late-night bird".
		On a couple of occasions I have rushed out of bed to answer the telephone in expectation of an emergency call from a family member only to hear a lame "Sorry, wrong number" from the other end.
		Perhaps the right thing to do when it emerges that you were not the intended receiver of the call is to gently suggest to the caller that he or she exercise greater care in placing a call, especially late at night.
	www.ohr.org.il /yhiy/article.php/1074 (283 words)

	Fight Club : Sorry Wrong Number
		In the Movie when the Taylor is first called by the unnamed man you can see he dials 555-0153 right after that you see Taylors number on the back of the business card.
		Maybe it was a slip-up on the filmmaker's part, but being how this movie was so well written, I tend to think that it was another in a long line of subliminal clues to let you in on the fact that Brad Pitt and Edward Norton's characters were the same person.
		If you look closely at the phone where the number of the phone is for returning call purposes, there is a note saying this phone does not receive incoming calls.
	www.slipups.com /items/697.html (590 words)

	Macleans.ca \| Canada Switchboard \| Over to You \| Sorry, Wrong Number (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		I had learned when I worked for Bell Canada that a catchy, easy-to-remember telephone number can be as beneficial to business as having a name that starts with an "A" so that you're the first listing in the phone book and other directories.
		It is a given that unless a number is a new exchange, it will have been recycled.
		I later found out that an elderly gentleman had initially been issued their number when it was time for it to be reassigned, but had asked to have it changed, as he was receiving all kinds of strange calls day and night.
	www.macleans.ca /switchboard/overtoyou/article.jsp?content=20041025_90630_90630 (917 words)

	Sorry, Wrong Number DVD Review
		Barbara Stanwyck received an Oscar® nomination for her performance in “Sorry, Wrong Number” and it was well deserved because if there is anything she conveys well in the film is a wealthy heiress who is at times so cranky and bossy that I almost could not blame someone for wanting to kill her.
		Yet the idea of being bedridden and the realization that under her tough exterior is a very insecure woman looking for love in a cold world does generate some sympathy for her.
		Some of the scenes feel more like filler, but overall for it’s time “Sorry, Wrong Number” is an interesting examination in psychological terror and a thriller that should be revisited again on radio or film if it has not already been and a film worthy of discovery on DVD.
	www.genreonline.net /Sorry_Wrong_Number_DVD.html (396 words)

	GRW SCRIPT: Suspense
		Miss Moorhead appears in a new study in terror by Lucille Fletcher called, "Sorry, Wrong Number." This story of a woman who accidentally overheard a conversation with death, and who strove frantically to prevent from murder from claiming an innocent victim, is tonight's tale of SUSPENSE.
		I know it was a wrong number and I had no business listening -- but these two men -- they were cold-blooded fiends -- and they are going to murder somebody -- some poor, innocent woman who was all alone -- in a house near a bridge...
		This was a wrong number and you dialed it for me. And we've got to find out what it was -- immediately.
	www.genericradio.com /show.php?id=2f8e789d3595fcf3 (2537 words)

	Lawrence Walsh: Sorry, wrong number was disconnected
		Roberta Latta reached a Comcast supervisor on April 25 who said she had been told the family had canceled the phone number it had for 25 years.
		Hall asked Roberta Latta to send a copy of the paperwork she had accumulated during her weeklong struggle to get the phone service restored, so the company could use it "for training purposes." She also said the family would receive a $20 credit for the trouble it experienced.
		If she ever has to have another phone line disconnected, Roberta Latta will ask the person taking the order to read it back to make sure it is correct.
	www.post-gazette.com /consumer/20030430walsh0430p2.asp (797 words)

	On which plastics to avoid \| By Umbra Fisk \| Grist Magazine \| Ask Umbra \| 13 Jan 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		I thought about a rhyme ("four and two are fine for you"), but I can't come up with a good one, and a bad one will just leave us with the familiar cold/fever problem.
		So, to be a bit more useful and decisive than usual, I will firmly state: Don't bring any #3 plastic, vinyl, or PVC into your life.
		Forget about the other numbers if it's too much to remember, and just focus on #3.
	www.grist.org /advice/ask/2005/01/13/umbra-plastics (569 words)

	Wired 10.10: VIEW (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The number of active cell phones in the world grew tenfold during those same six years (1995 through 2001), from 91 million to 946 million.
		In 64 of the world’s developing countries, the number of subscribers grew a hundred-fold or more; 45 countries started from zero.
		If we assume the original guess of half was right in 1994 (a big if), the revised estimate of the percentage of people in the world who have placed a phone call would be around two-thirds and rising — with an emphasis on the rising.
	www.wired.com /wired/archive/10.10/view.html?pg=2 (810 words)

	Variety.com - Sorry, wrong number
		In a move akin to a jeweler throwing out his scale, or a stockbroker trading without a share price, Infinity decided to abandon its contract with Arbitron, the company that provides the primary ratings used to buy and sell radio air time.
		Advertisers, expected to spend north of $160 billion on television, magazines, radio, newspapers and every other kind of media in 2004, are understandably demanding more accuracy and accountability before they commit their dollars.
		For instance, ad agencies are pursuing a number of initiatives that would allow them to measure the actual viewership of a TV spot, not just rely on the overall average rating for a program.
	www.variety.com /article/VR1117909075?categoryid=14&cs=1 (1875 words)

	Sorry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Sorry, Wrong Number sets up quickly with a fateful phone call.
		Some of the outdoor sequences are quite washed out; grain is especially heavy in a number of them.
		A couple of scratches and some dirt are evident in the transfer.
	www.filmsondisc.com /dvdpages/sorry_wrong_number.htm (557 words)

	The DVD Journal \| Quick Reviews: Sorry, Wrong Number
		To say they don't make them like they used to may be a cliché, but in the case of 1948's Sorry, Wrong Number it's true — the stylish thriller wins new fans whenever it turns up on cable TV thanks to its perfect blend of Hitchcockian plotting and bold film noir stylistics.
		But Sorry, Wrong Number is a noir exercise in more than just style — the husband-and-wife leads are a disagreeable pair, and some of the supporting players have their own secret vices.
		Toss in a melodramatic score by Franz Waxman that bristles with suspense cues (just like a radio play, in fact), and this is one to keep viewers glued to the screen — right up to the rocker-shocker ending that defies audience expectations with the film's memorable three last words of dialogue.
	www.dvdjournal.com /quickreviews/s/sorrywrongnumber.q.shtml (512 words)

	Sorry, Wrong Number - Vendio Community
		A Florida woman says she's being rung up 20 times an hour after her mobile phone number was given as "God's number" in Jim Carrey's new film.
		Dawn Jenkins, a glassmaker, is seeking legal advice after her number was used in new US blockbuster Bruce Almighty.
		But instead of the usual 555 prefix used by most US television shows and films, God's number is a normal seven digit number - which happens to be Ms Jenkins' mobile phone number.
	www.vendio.com /mesg/read.html?num=28&thread=180311 (503 words)

	JS Online: Sorry, wrong number . . . again
		Given the former number of the Menomonee Falls post office, he says, he complained to Ameritech and paid another $1,000 to have his landscaping truck repainted and for new stationery and business cards to reflect the seven digits he was assigned as a replacement.
		When a number has been disconnected, the practice is to put it aside for a time before using it again, Saltz said.
		In the case of Mertens, officials agree, the odds against being assigned a former post office number were high.
	www.jsonline.com /news/wauk/jun01/phone06060501a.asp (663 words)

	Blarf Forum Space - sorry, wrong number! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Carlson, apparently confused, mistakenly gave out the number of the Washington bureau of Fox News Channel, which received numerous phone calls.
		Thursday's hijinks were apparently the work of careful preparation, made evident in a tease before the commercial break in which Begala said: "In our 'Fire Back' segment, we'll find out if Tucker will be hearing a lot more about one of our viewers and what he or she keeps in their garage."
		Now that viewers have the correct phone number, perhaps Carlson will be hearing a lot more.
	www.blarf.com /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2409 (526 words)

	I, Cringely . February 22, 2001 - Sorry, Wrong Number \| PBS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		February 22, 2001 - Sorry, Wrong Number
		Then, in 1983, AT&T tired of a long anti-trust fight with the government and proposed to end the case by splitting itself into many parts.
		The saddest part of all is that this is a product that will revolutionize society, yet there are lots of people trying to stop that.
	www.pbs.org /cringely/pulpit/pulpit20010222.html (1113 words)

	Sorry, Wrong Number. - www.ezboard.com
		It was a number that was a top ten hit in 1950 for Les Paul.
		Anyway I introduced the subject of this number and made a few postings and had some interesting discussions with other Turnips about it.
		The lanky female was Pat Coombs, and were you thinking of Barbara Stanwyck in the film "Sorry Wrong Number", when her husband, Burt Lancaster, was plotting to murder her ?
	p197.ezboard.com /fwhirligigtvfrm1.showMessage?topicID=626.topic (406 words)

	Sorry Wrong Number: Using Radio Dramas in the GED Class
		Sorry Wrong Number: Using Radio Dramas in the GED Class
		In a radio drama from the 1940's called "Sorry Wrong Number," a woman who is confined to bed due to disabilities overhears a phone conversation plotting someone's murder.
		They also predicted quite accurately the outcome of the story (which I won't give away for those of you who might not know it.) Students who often had trouble with questions that required inferential thinking did quite well making them while listening to "Sorry Wrong Number." Another thing we talked about was mood and tone.
	www.balancepublishing.com /wrongnumber.htm (1091 words)

	Sorry, Wrong Number
		That survey claimed that four million Americans possessed fully automatic machine guns, a number that is approximately 10 times higher than the number estimated by any criminologist, and 20 times higher than the number of legally registered machine guns.4
		Callbacks are expensive and it costs less for interviewers to simply call the next number on the list than to schedule time to pursue "incompletes." Top quality survey firms make as many as 20 attempts to call back after the targeted respondent, while low-quality survey houses may not make any.35
		It is true that of the small number of respondents who said that gun control was "one of the most important" issues to them, comprised a larger proportion of the pro-gun respondents (7.3 - 8.7%) than of the anti-gun respondents (3.1% - 4.0%).
	www.saf.org /journal/6_MauserAndKopel.htm (9402 words)

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