21.   Eklof officials could not be reached by telephone Thursday for comment.

22.   Even corporate headquarters in Osaka could not initially be reached by telephone from Tokyo, and business activity came to a standstill.

23.   Ebbers is now making a much longer telephone reach.

24.   Family members, reached by telephone in the Haitian capital, declined to disclose the number or names of survivors.

25.   Eyman, reached by telephone at his business on Monday, said he had no further comment.

26.   Fergus, reached by telephone Friday, declined to comment on the memo.

27.   Finally, late in the evening, agreement on the text was reached by telephone.

28.   Fireman, reached by telephone, responded with curses and insults but did not answer questions.

29.   Globe vice president Terry Raskyn, reached by telephone in New York, said someone in Corpus Christi approached the magazine with the photos.

30.   Gulati and MLS commissioner Doug Logan could not be reached by telephone Friday and Saturday.