51.   He had close friendships with a succession of presidents and other members of the Mexican elite.

52.   He had drafted a state ethics law and had earned the admiration and close friendship of President Clinton.

53.   He kept close friendships with such business leaders as David Rockefeller and Henry Ford II.

54.   Hutchinson, who has formed close friendships with leading Irish-Americans in Boston, including venture capitalist John Cullinane, scoffs at that claim.

55.   I test my theory with the man who has developed close friendships with both Woods and Jordan.

56.   In a somewhat rambling resignation speech, Packwood reminisced about his accomplishments over the years and his close friendships in the Senate.

57.   In Berlin, he met some compatriots from Hungary, Teller and Szilard, and formed close friendships with them.

58.   Initially he spoke of enduring ties with United States intelligence agencies and of close friendship with at least two current FBI officials.

59.   It also sparked a close friendship between Lumbard and Harlan, who later became a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

60.   It was the beginning of a close friendship.