He changed his telephone number and hired a bodyguard for his wife and children.

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Vitter campaigned in Louisiana as a pro-family conservative, only to be outed when his telephone number was found among those called by an escort service.

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He accused me of wasting his time and energy, then when I asked for a telephone number to contact his firm's PR department, he terminated the call.

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Mr Simplot was unstuffy: he often answered the telephone himself and his number was never ex-directory.

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Since Mr. Kaepernick's parents moved last year, Sammy has gotten a larger yard to roam in although the family did write their telephone number on his shell in case he got out again.

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Alexander did not respond to a message left at a telephone number listed for his business nor to a numeric page.

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It included his name, address, date of birth, National Insurance number, mobile telephone number and the fact he was "probably EPIU" - referring to his union membership.

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On another occasion, a man contacted BT, giving Miss Dando's ex-directory telephone number and address and asking for her line to be changed to his name.

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