1.   The calm, friendly manner of Mr Major and his ministers has impressed their colleagues.

2.   For three years, Emmar D. Morales built a reputation as a gentle and caring counselor, impressing colleagues with his assessments of dozens of patients.

3.   His knowledge of the latest management theories and LAPD inner workings and history impress colleagues.

4.   In the clubby Senate, Bradley impressed his colleagues with his patience and hard work, and the modest way he dealt with celebrity.

5.   She has worked with her mother at Turkana and impressed colleagues.

6.   Stylistically, Gore and Bradley impressed their colleagues in Congress with an ability to select a complex, difficult issue and then diligently master it.

7.   Thompson especially impressed colleagues last year during the investigation of Ruby Ridge by the terrorism subcommittee of Judiciary, which was applauded for its bipartisan work.

8.   A Russian police officer who impressed his colleagues with his drug busts has been arrested on charges of smuggling drugs himself, a news report said Tuesday.