text: And Hill was not too horrified to follow Thomas ' rising star from the Department of Education to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ( EEOC ) , nor to keep in touch with Thomas in subsequent years--getting him to write a letter of recommendation that helped her land a law teaching job , phoning him repeatedly , inviting him to make an appearance at the law school , and more .
  
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  Hill and Thomas didn 't stay in touch in later years .