1.   And Scott enjoys a budding friendship with a Mormon family on his block.

2.   Budding friendships are cemented with a drunken hug and a promise to call.

3.   But for Israel, the visit also offered a vital chance to shore up the budding friendship with China.

4.   Currently, the group is working on Web camera capability, so budding friendships can be more interactive.

5.   In theory, U.S. President George W. Bush should be able to cool this budding friendship.

6.   Not all factions of political China are convinced that the bold economic changes Jiang has permitted and the budding friendship with America are the correct routes to follow.

7.   The comeback was made largely through his budding friendship with the Jewish mayor of New York, Edward I. Koch.

8.   But their agent had already played a part in forming the budding friendship.

9.   Chavez scheduled a last-minute trip to Beijing to consolidate economic relations and cement his budding friendship with Chinese President Jiang Zemin, who visited Caracas last month.