The probability of actually catching the flu or a bacterial infection as a result of cell phone contact is actually dependent on a number of factors how long the viruses or bacteria have been on the phone surface.

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"But their cell phone battery died, and contact was lost, " the department said in a news release.

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He had no human contact, just a cell phone charged by solar power.

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"I lost my cell phone and I needed to get in contact with my sister, " Virginia told her.

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With a cell phone, we were able to keep in contact with him wherever he was.

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The design aims to increase efficiency by reducing the amount of energy lost when sunlight is reflected off the solar cell or absorbed into the material before reaching the contact wires.

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So that meant that we had to contact some of the law enforcement agencies via cell phone or via regular telephone communications.

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A. wrongly accused of being a double agent and held for three years in total isolation (no reading material, no news, no human contact except with interrogators) in a closet-size concrete cell near Williamsburg, Virginia, made chess sets from threads and a calendar from lint (only to have them discovered and swept away).

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With our cell phones down to the red zone, and momma laptop dead, we did manage to make contact.

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