21.   The mayor professes not to be concerned about his legacy, but his political associates are.

22.   The main witness is the female companion of a former business and political associate of Berlusconi.

23.   The other tribes hired Paul Eckstein, a former classmate, law partner and political associate of Babbitt.

24.   The operation caused internal bleeding, which led to the fatal heart attack, political associates said.

25.   The two men were more than political associates.

26.   Throughout his career, political associates and analysts have wondered whether Burg was serious or superficial, a loose cannon or a determined advocate of change.

27.   Throughout his tenure, Netanyahu managed to antagonize personally many of his followers and his political associates.

28.   Wednesday he nominated three close political associates to judicial posts.

29.   His latest media run-in was sparked by an influence-trading scandal involving his short-lived appointment of a political associate as attorney general.

30.   Jose Gregoria, mayor of Matanza, and Hernando Lizcano, mayor of Surata, and two political associates were abducted after attending a human rights conference.