Their imposing appearance contrasted sharply with the lightly clad Afghans who throng outside selling cellphone cards.
Still uncooperative, the man breaks free and runs outside, where, cellphone video posted on a witness' Facebook page shows, an officer repeatedly beats him with a baton while he thrashes, held down on the ground. .
Wireless Internet now connects the campus to the outside world, although cellphone reception remains spotty.
"We have no jurisdiction nor any interest in prohibiting your using a cellphone outside of school".
When a window washer glided into view outside, everyone's cellphone came out to snap a picture.
When my husband and I toured the gardens at Highgrove, Prince Charles's home outside London, my cellphone rang.
At midnight, a cheer arises, and my boyfriend slips outside with his cellphone to wish his mother in Florida a happy New Year.
Across the state, emergency officials urged people to stay indoors, asking residents not to be tempted to go outside to take cellphone pictures or video of the storm.
"Small raindrops and lots of wind looks best — who knows why?" Mr. van Bleiswijk said recently, speaking by cellphone outside a restaurant in his hometown.
"I am not amused," Mr. Twomey said via a cellphone outside the conference room Friday evening after he was barred from the planning meeting.
