1.   My oldest friend died of cancer three years ago.

2.   Old Ed was my oldest friend.

3.   The man he thought of as his oldest friend!

4.   And he traded friendly jibes, as Richard Grech, his oldest friend, remembered.

5.   And in New Hampshire, Melanie Bergerson collected paper messages to her oldest friend and put them inside a balloon, then set it free to touch the sky.

6.   He is my oldest friend.

7.   He will be left alone, forever denied the company of his oldest friend.

8.   His oldest friends could be splattering grease all over the White House, but the boss man was strictly nonstick.

9.   I had been her oldest friend, and for her to treat me like an employee was intolerable.

10.   In any case, Mrs. Buckley has dragooned Blass and de la Renta -- two of her favorite American designers and oldest friends -- into serving as her co-chairmen.