You had to have some identification, whether it was a power bill, a hunting and fishing license, a rent receipt, a telephone bill.

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Fearing that the Indian plans could escalate into a wider - possibly nuclear - conflict, U.S. President Bill Clinton made a telephone appeal to Vajpayee on June 14.

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After a talk on the telephone with Bill Clinton, Japan and the United States said they would act together to stop the collapse of the yen.

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Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is on a shopping spree, and Internet telephone providers are at the top of his list.

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Besides the usual hotel room, lengthy telephone calls (yes, even in 1900) and, of course, a hefty bar bill, our late colleague seems to have claimed shamelessly for a spending spree on various personal items.

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This includes the bizarre mailings you get from your health plan that say "this is not a bill" and you just throw them away, not to mention all the unnecessary telephone calls and faxes your doctors and hospitals need to make to get paid.

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