91.   The low point came right after an executive successfully spoke into a telephone to accomplish feats like turning on a light and adjusting a thermostat.

92.   The officer spoke into a walkie-talkie.

93.   The parents reply, speaking into the camera.

94.   The person speaking into a microphone at one end can be heard on the speakers of the computer at the other end.

95.   The quarterback would hit the switch to speak into the microphone.

96.   The way the technology works is that the talk show hosts will speak into a microphone from their home computer.

97.   Their terminology has followed psychobabble and management-speak into dank caves of pretentiousness.

98.   Then talk shows took over, and everyone who could stroll a studio audience riser while speaking into a microphone at the same time was given a shot.

99.   They speak into a microphone, and the computer translates the words on-screen.

100.   They sit spaced well apart in ergonomically designed cubicles, typing orders into computers and speaking into noise-filtering headsets.