On the call, Representative Maxine Waters of California floated the idea of supporting Mr. Jackson, and after two days of telephone calls, a candidacy was born.
Accenture said it has a behavioral threat assessment team made up of human resources representatives, lawyers, on-call psychologists and others.
On a conference call, Representative Patrick J. Murphy — who represents Bucks County, Pa., and prefaced his remarks by noting that he was St. Anselm's Altar Boy of the Year in 1987 — said that Mr. Obama spoke "to the better angels in all of us".
BOSTON — Senator Scott P. Brown of Massachusetts on Monday called on Representative Todd Akin of Missouri, a fellow Republican, to quit his Senate race, saying that his comments on rape were too far out of bounds.
Seymour continued, "Vast sums of money are on call to representatives of major corporations, defense contractors, and foreign governments to buy influence and favors".
I read with great interest Kathryn Schulz's article on calling one's congressional representatives ("Call and Response," March 6th).
John Orosa Stockholm, Sweden I read with great interest Kathryn Schulz's article on calling one's congressional representatives ("Call and Response," March 6th).
Commissioner Paul Tagliabue spoke with dozens of people, including several team owners on a conference call, representatives of the Bush administration, Gene Upshaw, the head of the players union, and various security experts, according to N.F.L. officials with knowledge of the situation.
But by encouraging your network across the country to make similar calls, you piggyback on calls to Republican representatives, some in contested districts.
Just a few days after the Senate passed a $6 billion emergency aid package for farmers and ranchers that Republicans derided as pure politics, the campaign of Senator Tim Johnson, Democrat of South Dakota, was calling on Representative John Thune, a Republican, to take a stand on the package.
Art Pulaski, president of the California A.F.L.-C.I.O., paid a final call on Representative Henry A. Waxman, a Democrat from Los Angeles, who had not tipped his hand on how he would vote.
