1.   And personal contact remains a key to the campaign.

2.   As for Syria, a State Department official said the contacts remain very sensitive but have already generated interest.

3.   But those contacts remain tenuous.

4.   Even in the west, regular contact with Jews remains unusual for most Germans.

5.   But these above-ground contacts remain rare and cautious.

6.   It said contacts would remain frozen until Oman feels Israel has made a satisfactory commitment to the Palestinians.

7.   The civilian programs come when official contact between the two Korean governments remains frozen amid tension between the United States and North Korea.