11.   The Iraqi-Sudanese relationship has blossomed over time and includes the assignment of Iraqi military officers at an air base outside Khartoum, Sudanese officials say.

12.   The relationship blossomed but it produced heavy-handed fund-raising techniques that have recently drawn the scrutiny of federal campaign finance investigators.

13.   He began writing to Buric in Barcelona and eventually met her in Slovenia, where their relationship blossomed and he invited her back to Prescott, Ariz.