21.   Arboleda, who fled to Colombia soon after the indictment, was described as a close associate of Medellin drug lord Pablo Escobar.

22.   Arnett will be free to seek other jobs in television, an associate close to him said Monday.

23.   As the fighting has dragged on, even close associates like Stepashin have questioned whether the strategy can deal the rebels an early knockout blow.

24.   Azhar and Saeed, who was freed in the same hostage-prisoner swap, were close associates.

25.   At Yale, she was a student and close associate of poet Robert Lowell, who gave her the courage to write confessional poetry.

26.   Back then, he was mayor of Belgrade and a close associate of Milosevic.

27.   Borodin is a close associate of both President Vladimir Putin and former President Boris Yeltsin, and is said to carry a title equivalent to deputy prime minister.

28.   Both men, close associates of Governor Carrillo Olea, pleaded not guilty.

29.   A close associate notes that a doctor told the elder Graham a few years ago that he had the throat of a teen-ager.

30.   A close associate of de Menil, the arts patron Louisa Sarofim, succeeded her as chairwoman of the board.