11.   At first, callers were jolted by a recorded message, repeated over and over.

12.   At that number, a recorded message directed us to two paint shops in New Jersey and Santa Monica, Calif., the only retailers selling the paint.

13.   At the other end of the phone was a recorded message firing them.

14.   Berger insisted that Abiomed had not instructed Jewish Hospital to post the recorded message.

15.   Both boys and girls who received a recorded message from their mother and heard music gained more weight, the study found.

16.   A call to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was answered by a recorded message saying that the manatee was still in Connecticut waters as of Tuesday afternoon.

17.   A recorded message guides callers through extensions for poetry contest information, addresses, the International Society of Poets.

18.   A recorded message will give you the number of the credit-union league in your state.

19.   A reporter who called late in the trading day got a recorded message at first.

20.   A recorded message notified me that all the customer lines were in use, and invited me to wait.