81.   I called friends in Israel to ask whether they thought Peres would do it.

82.   I called my friend Jon Avery.

83.   I called my friend Rosie, but the phone line was dead.

84.   I had second thoughts and called my friend Allen Hill, an architect specializing in historic preservation.

85.   I started to cancel everything, but then called a friend who edits a newspaper there.

86.   I called a friend of mine, who thought the whole thing was hilarious.

87.   I called my friend Joe on Wall Street. . . .

88.   I speak for myself and I speak for Yitzhak Rabin, a man whom I had the great pride to call my friend.

89.   I was ready to call friends and pack the sleeping bag, when I resorted to an Internet search.

90.   Imagination has given way to wires and batteries, and the idea of calling a friend to come out and play now seems an antiquated notion.