1.   Arnold Cohen, who is married with two children, said William, a lifelong bachelor, had more time to devote to his work.

2.   A lifelong bachelor without children, Alfred Hutton was described by his family as an intensely private man who lost himself in crime stories and romance novels.

3.   A lifelong bachelor, Stransky lived modestly in an apartment in Howard Beach, Queens, for decades.

4.   A lifelong bachelor, he had an apartment to himself, with an adjoining studio that overlooked two fields cleft by an irrigation ditch and a stand of trees.

5.   A lifelong bachelor, in a sense he never left home, cared for first by his mother, then by his unmarried sisters.

6.   A visiting nurse discovered MacMinn, a lifelong bachelor who lived alone.

7.   But he admired women, and his lifelong bachelor status has given rise to speculation about which of his models he may have loved.

8.   But Vajpayee, a lifelong bachelor, presents a gentler image.

9.   Next thing you know, the lifelong bachelor is lecturing on spousal abuse.

10.   Outside the courtroom, the lifelong bachelor nourished a love of history, particularly the American Civil War.