1.   It had a close associate in Col.

2.   Salameh was a close associate of the alleged mastermind of the Trade Center bombing, Ramzi Yousef.

3.   Zhang Gong, both close associates of Yang Baibing, were appointed commander and political commissar, respectively.

4.   The central committee secretariat was reorganized and reduced, excluding four heads of department who included two close associates of President Denis Sassou-Nguesso.

5.   A close associate of the President, he had nevertheless distanced himself from the ruling party, the Vanguard of the Malagasy Revolution.

6.   Capobianco, who was a close associate of Paz Zamora, resigned on the following day, and was replaced by Carlos Armando Saavedra Bruno.

7.   Almost all were close associates of Mulroney.

8.   Alienated by his brusque personality, many administration members and close Bush associates had made clear their reluctance to serve under him.