Word: friendships
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...couple met at a mutual friend's house when they both arrived to watch the screening of a science-fiction television show. According to Kadel, the two "fell in friendship" at first sight...
...close friendship developed over the fall term. When Valentine's Day rolled around that winter, romance...
...think that making and keeping friendship would be difficult in his situation, but Turlais says he has had no problems...
Recently he saw the strength of Internet friendship. A member of a Third Age chat group who calls himself "Skyhook" had a severe reaction to medication while he was online. Skyhook, a quadriplegic, was home alone in Ohio. The online group kept him alert while someone called 911. A few months later, Firman and some other members of the chat group paid a visit to Skyhook. After they saw his mobile home, they contacted Ohio social services, which helped make the dwelling more wheelchair accessible and updated his computer...
...talk to an awful lot of people who are anxious for friendship," Firman says. The Internet is helping them find it. It helped Skyhook's friends save his life, and it's been a lifesaver for seniors who have widened their social circle, gained confidence and discovered a new world online...