1.   Bauer frequently described himself as the true heir to his political idol, Ronald Reagan.

2.   A blunt and forceful man whose political idol is Charles de Gaulle, Chirac cannot find these criticisms easy to bear.

3.   Chirac is said to have been motivated by a desire to emulate his political idol, Charles DeGaulle, who launched the idea of an independent French nuclear force.

4.   Clinton has never made a secret of the fact that his political idol is John Kennedy.

5.   Duhalde is proposing a return to the populist policies championed decades ago by his political idol, Gen. Juan Domingo Peron.

6.   Following in the footsteps of their political idols Jack and Jackie Kennedy, Bill and Hill slept in separate bedrooms at the time of the scandal.

7.   His political idol is Teddy Roosevelt.