Word: contacter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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With remains originating from the "pre-contact" era--before the arrival of Spanish explorers--up till the seventeenth century, the remains have been crucial in allowing researchers to trace the effects of Spanish settlement on disease, diet and bone trauma...
...Peabody Museum of Andover, which Kidderoriginally was affiliated with and which stillholds over 14,000 Pueblo ceramic artifacts, wasthe first to contact the tribe soon after the 1990act was passed...
...doing an impressive job of looking after some 750,000 displaced Kosovars now under the alliance's care in the Serbian border regions of Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro and Bosnia-Herzegovina: plenty of tents and blankets, food and water, and even battery chargers for cell phones so that refugees can contact their relatives. In some camps, makeshift convenience stores have sprung up, selling soda, meat pies and other homelike conveniences at affordable Balkan prices. But as international aid workers fight traditional camp scourges such as cholera and dysentery, they are also starting to gripe about another epidemic, one peculiar...
...looking for a civil-engineering position made all the difference in their decision to relocate from their native St. Louis, Mo., to her new job in Omaha, Neb. An outside career-counseling firm did a market analysis for him and ultimately recommended engineering companies and headhunters for him to contact. One of these referrals resulted in a job, and a 10% salary increase. "Moving was a difficult decision," says Shillito, who won a promotion with the relocation. "Michael is cut from the traditional mold; it was somewhat hard for him to follow his wife...
...including water, coffee or soda--may help protect the bladder from cancer. Data on 50,000 men show that consuming ten 8-oz. glasses each day can cut the risk of bladder cancer in half. The liquids probably flush away carcinogens and keep urine diluted so toxins make less contact with the bladder wall. Half a gallon a day may sound like a lot to swallow, but it's only about three glasses more than most people already drink...