1.   A personal thanks.

2.   The crowd rose for a standing ovation that lasted several minutes, punctuated by the personal thanks of Vest and other MIT trustees.

3.   Walker received personal thanks from bin Laden for fighting alongside al- Qaida and Taliban members, Ashcroft said.

4.   Walker received personal thanks from bin Laden for fighting alongside al-Qaida and Taliban members, Ashcroft said.

5.   As the father of a pair of active teen-age boys, Prince Charles passed along a little personal thanks Wednesday while opening up a new medical facility.

6.   The paper -- which gave no sources for its claim -- said he had been courted by senior Tories and had received personal thanks from Prime Minister John Major.