11.   It helped that he was the business partner and friend of Malone political associate and fund-raiser Richard Arrighi.

12.   Many of his business and political associates are either on their way to jail or already there.

13.   Many senators maintain such relationships with former aides and close political associates.

14.   More recently, the bureau has made strenuous efforts to show its independence of Clinton and his political associates.

15.   More recently his reform drive has faltered in the face of congressional resistance, and he has proved distressingly tolerant of corruption among his own close political associates.

16.   Political associates said Levy considered returning because he felt politically sidelined and saw no future for his small party.

17.   Political associates and opponents alike credited him with strengthening the role of the New Jersey Legislature in both partnership and contention with the executive branch of the state government.

18.   Political associates say Levy felt politically sidelined and saw no future for his small party, Gesher.

19.   She was replaced by Doron Shmueli, a political associate of Netanyahu.

20.   The campaign is a brainchild of close political associates of Sen. Slade Gorton, R-Wash.