11.   In his statement, Thomas said he had often been asked by colleagues why the House did not have a similar allowance.

12.   In those days before sensitivity training, her male colleagues would ask her to do their typing.

13.   Last summer he was working at a supermarket in Verona when a female colleague asked him where he lived.

14.   One esteemed colleague asked if I had lost any weight.

15.   Once word got out, reporters called the campus, people volunteered to be in the study and colleagues asked Gardner what was going on.

16.   Overhearing this, a man in a supervisory position wonders why his colleague asked.

17.   So far, no colleagues have asked to run with him, but much of Washington has been shut down during December for the congressional recess.

18.   The Salt Lake scandal has not soiled him personally, though if his colleagues ask him to step down he will step down, Samaranch says.

19.   This name business may seem an inconsequential issue, but what can you do when colleagues have already asked all the important questions?

20.   A Swede describes how hard it was when colleagues would ask why she never had children.