41.   Earlier, he had secretly arranged to have a friend call him to the phone so he would have an excuse to leave if something like this happened.

42.   Even his friends call Spurrier brutally honest, and opponents sometimes find him brutal.

43.   Even long-time friends call each other by their numbers.

44.   Even his mother sent him an e-mail, because her friends had been calling her to make sure the recipe in the newspaper was correct.

45.   Even his friends call him that, which seems a misfortune serious enough to offset all the silver spoons positioned in his mouth at birth.

46.   Eventually this friend called her sister, who went to the house and picked up both by car.

47.   Fort Worth internist Dr. Kelly Goss first heard about Viagra three months ago, when a urologist friend called him with a tip.

48.   Friends called him kinetic, always moving.

49.   Friends have called to offer their support.

50.   Friends were calling from as far away as Korea, offering the Phelpses their prayers.