Word: contacter
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...device uses a plate set in the pavement. When an automobile passes over this, it makes an electrical contact. A large sign "DANGER" over the roadway is automatically lighted, giving the motorist a chance to slow down. A similar sign on the cross-street also lights up to warn cross-traffic...
...aristocratic bearing and dignified appearance impressed all those who came in contact with him. An enquirer, struck with the man's knowledge, would often terminate a brief conversation by politely asking for his position and name. "Inspector of the Secret Police, Comte de Ségalai," he would answer. And the enquiring visitor would walk away, more than ever impressed...
...citizen of Windsor, Canada, died of hemorrhagic smallpox, so unusual in character that it was not recognized before numerous persons had come in contact with the patient. Cases soon developed in neighboring cities and in the State of Michigan. During the first six months of 1924, 3,999 cases of smallpox were reported in Michigan, of which 1,532 were in Detroit. From Jan. 1 to May 30, there were 106 deaths from smallpox in Detroit and 27 in the rest of the State. The Health Officer of the Canadian cities involved issued a report on the relation of vaccination...
Results. Cows and monkeys inoculated with "BCG" remained uninfected for 18 months, 1) when left for weeks in contact with other animals strongly infected with tuberculosis, 2) when given intravenal application of virulent bacilli capable of killing an ox in two months...
...first place, few would consider restricting the Freshman with more rules than already surround him and to force him to see his Senior Advisor would simply be formulating another rule. It would also be a pernicious rule, destroying that invaluable contact between the first and the fourth year classes which it was intended to promote. Pressure to produce the contact might gently be applied upon the Senior, but when put upon the Freshman it raises the Senior to the innocuous position of a faculty advisor...