But Perot has kept a careful distance from Buchanan, not even speaking to him by telephone.

Speaking by telephone from Glasgow, she recalled growing "really obsessed" with the character.

"It will be dynamic in getting great news coverage," was all that he would say, speaking by telephone from his home.

"The proof will be in the data we collected," said the astronaut, speaking by telephone recently from his home in Houston.

Calipari, speaking by telephone, said: "I was ecstatic we did not move to eight or nine.

"I think we did a good job," said Steinbrenner, speaking by telephone.

But, speaking by telephone from a remote town in northeastern Congo, he said fighting would continue until details of the cease-fire became clear.

Goodenow, speaking by telephone from Toronto, asked in response to a question.

O'Bannon, speaking by telephone from Dallas, felt somewhat the same way.

"They all passed," said Zucker, speaking by telephone from Chicago.