1.   Cliburn was sued by a man alleging to be his former companion and sexual partner, claiming Cliburn had exposed him to the AIDS virus.

2.   Danaher said investigators were still searching for a former companion, Kaethe Schuchter, a German.

3.   Look for Koch to stall forever, and bankrupt his former companion.

4.   Soon he was a minute behind his two former companions.

5.   Suddenly Collins found his former companions lined up against him.

6.   Police said Tuesday they were investigating allegations the top aide and former female companion of ousted dictator Kamuzu Banda conspired to murder three government ministers.

7.   Police detained Anne Bouty, former companion of Jean-Michel Nihoul, a Brussels businessman who is a key suspect in the case.

8.   Among them was Tiggy Legge-Bourke, former companion to the two young princes, whom Diana is known to dislike.

9.   He lobbied with former companion and fashion model Carla Bruni to have the Louvre send a Veronese masterpiece home to Italy.

10.   Louganis said he received word that a former companion was dying of AIDS six months before the Seoul Games.