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Example sentences for: calls

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The Washington Post 's Desson Howe calls the film a "sublime comedy" about "bitchiness [and] oneupwomanship."
"Five-minute activism," Boyd calls this.
Regarding the May 21 "Today's Papers": If Richard Nixon's "but it would be wrong" is really the classic example of what Safire calls "tickling the wire," how do you explain the fact that no hush money was raised or paid as a result of the March 1973 Watergate-era tape to which you refer?
Entertainment Weekly 's Lisa Schwarzbaum calls the film "blithe and exhilarating," and Time 's Richard Schickel calls it "utterly charming--and very smart."
The ethics committees of the House and Senate have spelled out very specific rules for members to follow--one of which prohibits making or taking fund-raising calls.