1.   Late on Friday evening, Bill Freeman, Contracts Director, was contacted by telephone.

2.   But gynaecologists contacted by telephone said they had stopped doing the operation.

3.   But two Albanians living in Pristina contacted by telephone reported no new destruction.

4.   Contacted by telephone, Yizheng officials declined to discuss product prices.

5.   Contacted by telephone, a spokesman for Surya Semesta said the company had not signed any agreements, and he rejected requests for interviews.

6.   Contacted by telephone, Crane declined comment on her resignation.

7.   Contacted by telephone, taciturn U.S. Air Force officers made it clear that they were not pining for uninvited visitors from the home country.

8.   If a storm is expected, teachers are contacted by telephone the night before.

9.   Most of the unregistered contributors who could be contacted by telephone refused to comment.

10.   People in the Limete district of the city contacted by telephone said they had seen columns of hundreds of rebel soldiers marching toward the center of the city.