61.   A few days later, yet another FBI agent called from New Mexico to follow up on a tip the agency had received.

62.   A few minutes passed, and a voice called from the darkness.

63.   A few weeks later, Willie called her from Branson, Mo.

64.   A friend calls from New York.

65.   A few weeks ago on a busy Saturday, his girlfriend called from Brunswick, which is north, to tell him a northeaster was headed south.

66.   A familiar voice called from the aisle behind my seat at Tanglewood before a concert by the Israel Philharmonic two weeks ago.

67.   A little later, President Clinton called from New Zealand to congratulate her.

68.   A friend called recently from the front lines of a wrenching generational conflict.

69.   A man identifying himself as Sheikh Sultan hung up when contacted by a reporter who called from Washington to Abu Dhabi.

70.   A neighbor had called from Southborough.