Word: phoned
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After an application process that involved submitting an essay, a plan of study and four recommendations, as well as undergoing lengthy interviews, the students were notified of their selection by phone last Monday...
Despite the general perception, Plants says, College leadership is open to student participation. He says his own work on the council, mostly chairing the council's University Information Service (UIS) task force, has allowed him to affect change at Harvard, by lowering phone rates, for example...
These might seem like broad goals, but to his credit, Plants has shown he can get results. Last year, he worked with UIS to create a new student phone plan. He doesn't mince words about his success. "I lowered the phone rates," he says. Now he is trying to convince the University to offer a cellular plan...
...four grandparents, who have played a major role in his upbringing. Elian has been especially precious to his parents because they suffered through seven miscarriages before he was born. Juan Miguel told TIME that he sold his car last week to pay for the international phone calls he plans to make to Elian, including the first one last Friday. "The law is the law," he says. "Elian is my son, my whole life...
Anita dug her fingers into her eyes to stop the shower of sparks. Several years earlier, when she had felt the same welling rage, a wallop left welts on her oldest daughter's arm. So this time Anita retreated, picked up the phone and called for help. And the calming voice at the other end of the line almost broke her in half. Anita, an imperfect parent like most, wept tears of sorrow and relief...