1.   Already, federal prosecutors say they have lined up an impressive array of witnesses prepared to testify against their former associates.

2.   Although Starr has successfully prosecuted a number of former associates of the Clintons, the special prosecutor has not implicated the first couple.

3.   An intriguing element in the new approach was the nomination of four former associates of the exiled Afghan King as U.N. intermediaries.

4.   Anas, the former associate of al-Qaeda, said an Iraqi operative of bin Laden tried to buy enriched uranium in Europe for a nuclear weapon.

5.   And the officer agreed to let a former associate and members of his family discuss the case.

6.   Another former associate of bin Laden could also provide critical testimony in the case.

7.   As far as his former associates are concerned, Wayne Kwong is taking this Year of the Rat stuff too literally.

8.   As his affluence grew, Winnick rarely shied away from self-promotion or ostentatious displays of wealth, former associates say.

9.   Asked what his comrades and former associates had thought of the article, Shalikashvili hesitated, then chuckled.

10.   -- You may regret giving up all the ties to your former associates.