11.   Last August, Scott Allison checked to make sure that his phone was still working.

12.   Never mind that not all the phones worked, that the computers were finicky and that the City Council could not access its financial information.

13.   Outside on city streets, the phone works.

14.   PHS is not likely to be accepted in the United States because such phones do not work in fast-moving cars.

15.   Speaking of McKillop, he must be wondering if the phones work at Boston College.

16.   Take a plane to Siberia and the same phone will work using a satellite connection.

17.   That means markets cannot be closed because the phones are not working, or because we feel bad, or because employees cannot reach their posts.

18.   That is because telephone wires carry power as well as communications, allowing most phones to work without being plugged in.

19.   The phone will not work with Windows NT, and there are no plans to create a Macintosh version, Microsoft said.

20.   The phones finally work.