1.   Although bill collectors telephoned daily to speak with the director of accounting, she says, he ducked their calls, telling a secretary to take messages only.

2.   And former neighbors said they were often dogged by bill collectors who were looking for Conway.

3.   Angry and facing pressure from bill collectors, he held two female co-workers at gunpoint in an office to try to get his boss to pay up.

4.   At the same time, call screening has introduced an effective tool for avoiding communicating, such as when telemarketers, bill collectors, or relatives call.

5.   After graduating, she tried her hand as a bill collector, then switched to coaching high school volleyball in Minneapolis.

6.   But the bill collectors are not required to give their customers any opportunity to opt out of the system.

7.   But that is difficult, especially when they themselves are fielding calls from bill collectors at home.

8.   Conversely, bill collectors, police interrogators and people in repossession work must be stern and intimidating.

9.   Countless bill collectors have called countless times.

10.   Danny, his raging drunk father, his doormat mother and his siblings were forever on the run from bill collectors and unforgiving landlords.