21.   It can be wonderful when people can turn a terminal diagnosis into an opportunity for fulfilling last wishes, reconciling differences, reclaiming old friendships, reconnecting spiritually.

22.   Keeping those old friendships alive through calls, letters or occasional visits requires time and effort.

23.   Musharraf went out of his way to give reassurances to the Chinese that an old friendship would be given priority.

24.   Old friendships have been destroyed, livelihoods taken to the brink of ruin, emotions rubbed raw by the clash of too much cash and too little experience.

25.   Old friendships have been broken, careers have been derailed and families have been uprooted as people leave town for new jobs.

26.   Rereading is a way of maintaining an old friendship.

27.   Relationship experts say rekindling old friendships is as easy as a placing a phone call or sending an e-mail.

28.   She deepened old friendships and cultivated new ones, seeking out younger people.

29.   The two groups have an old friendship, dating to the days when some Orthodox immigrants from Eastern Europe worshiped in Episcopal parishes before they established their own churches.

30.   The war has left old friendships tattered and vague, more things of suspicion than cherished memories.