Word: contacted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...will dispatch an operator to the site, survey the area of concern and then act accordingly," MacCurtain said, recommending that students leave a contact name and phone number to speed up the process...
...stolen papers, pretended to be acquaintances of a Christian family. "They took us in at a very serious risk to themselves," he says. His wife Eva glances across the table, uncertain about this new territory Andy is wandering into. "What happened to them?" she asks. "Did you lose contact with them?" He pauses. Shakes his head. "I don't know. We didn't know them that well, you know. That's the strange thing." Quiet settles over the table again. I ask, "But they did the right thing?" Grove offers a chilling display of his pragmatism. He looks...
...know this kind of faith--idiosyncratic individual devotion at its most physical. There are no glittering ceremonies or grand processions, no public professions, no dramatic visions, only 10,000 acts of private veneration, prayer, supplication. What the stranger sees is the collective reverence of the like-minded in direct contact with the spiritual, and the awesome testament of comfort received, etched on their faces...
...Thus far, doctors believe that all H5N1 patients contracted the virus from direct contact with poultry. However, the major fear that has scientists anxiously poring over petri dishes is that the virus might have mutated into form that can be transmitted from human to human, creating a pandemic that could kill millions of people. Results of U.S. Centers for Disease Control tests on H5N1 samples are expected later this week...
...with suspicion, sometimes with anger. "The name Ball meant enemy," says Charlotte Dunn, whose rebel slave great-grandmother barely escaped murderous Ball pursuers. Blacks, left with few documents or oral information, can rarely trace their lineage more than a few generations. Ball's discoveries took them back to first contact. The exchange was painful, with stories of stolen 10-year-olds or slaves beaten or killed. "I came bearing terrible tales," Ball sighs...