31.   Colonia Dignidad avoids contact with the press, sometimes employing violence to drive away reporters.

32.   Contact public health officials to determine which areas are endemic and avoid contact with shrubs by walking on paved surfaces or in the middle of paths and trails.

33.   Denizens of the Street spent a lifetime avoiding contact with unfortunate mortals worth less than seven figures.

34.   During one period in his life, he washed his few items of clothing in a bucket, avoided sexual contact and distanced himself from his family.

35.   Elsewhere along the river, some stalwart swimmers have always braved the water, adjusting their strokes and bathing times to avoid contact with sewage or industrial waste.

36.   Even his parents, Jeff and Susan Scherzer, had to avoid contact with crowds.

37.   Experts advise to seek shelter indoors or inside a car with windows closed, avoid contact with metal, water and surfaces that conduct electricity.

38.   For a time, he said, old friends and colleagues would avoid contact, fearing they would be dragged into the prosecution.

39.   For some, it is easier to love people and feel harmonious with them if they can avoid intimate contact.

40.   French officials said he would be flown to Britain by a special police or military helicopter Friday afternoon, apparently to avoid contact with reporters.