31.   Brooke said her own family had been skeptical of her close friendship with Lazaro at first.

32.   Bush made repeated references to their close friendship.

33.   Buried within this affecting novel is the troubling question of whether close friendships and close family ties can keep a person from finding romantic intimacy.

34.   But for all his years in the corridors and cloakrooms of Congress, he has forged few close friendships.

35.   But he returned to New York every football season and retained his close friendship with Parcells, now head coach of the New England Patriots.

36.   But hugging, to us, is a sign of love and close friendship, not a way to greet just anyone.

37.   By now, de Vries would get occasional unsigned hate letters for his close friendship with a black man.

38.   Despite the sales and acclaim, Duritz has come in for some stinging barbs from critics complaining about his close friendships with certain Hollywood starlets.

39.   Dole had blocked the legislation, lobbyists for the players claim, because of his close friendship with Tom Korologos, a lobbyist for the baseball owners.

40.   Despite his close friendship with Mitchell, Angel never mentioned the relationship to his son, Henry Angel Jr., and never told him about the letters.