More than half thought it would be good to make new friends and a quarter wanted to use sport facilities and computers at the other school.

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Generous advertising in the mainstream print dailies is a good way to make friends.

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We guess making money off tricking caller IDs is not exactly a good way to make friends.

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And it's not a good way to make friends.

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Most urban and suburban areas have senior centers with good opportunities to connect and make friends.

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He said the pressure he used to feel to make her look good amid her high-school friends has now boomeranged: These days, she would be irritated if he bought her a pointless trinket rather than devoting the money to the budget of a household project like redoing the den.

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"I'm not sure it's a good thing to make a credit decision based on how many Facebook friends I have, " he said.

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