21.   A friend of mine called after a holiday dinner.

22.   A friend called to check in last week.

23.   A friend called to say he forgot to mail me a valentine and that he and his whole family felt just terrible about it.

24.   A friend called to say she about died that day of fear.

25.   A friend had called to share the joke.

26.   A few weeks ago, my friend called.

27.   A friend called a literary agent in New York, and just two months later, the pair had a contract.

28.   A friend called him to say Valentine was bad- mouthing Phillips at the meetings.

29.   A friend called recently from the front lines of a wrenching generational conflict.

30.   A friend called the other day and admitted that he did not have his pump plugged in, so he had a big problem.