There is little else for them to do but to continue writing to politicians and maintain private contact with shipping companies.

Some private contacts, too, have at least temporarily followed suit.

No private contacts were maintained where ideas could be put forward without being couched in official statements.

Because of the good private contacts of the family mother Margerete achieved that her son could come back home on the same day.

From the first private contacts grew a relationship that in the end turned into a partnership between the villages.

"So can we say that you've had some private contact with her?"

While he was out of office during the 1930's, officials and private contacts provided the information Churchill needed in his campaign for faster rearmament.

He is talking tough, they say, mollifying the conservatives, while making private contacts with key Democrats.

Functional area refers to different aspects of life such as private social contacts, job, etc.

Some reporters say such private contacts give them additional insights.