1.   At any rate it is now far more comfortable to use premises to define friendships than to use friendships to explore premises.

2.   But while his deputies talk tough about trade, human rights and economic reform, aides say that Clinton uses his friendships with leaders to apply discreet pressure.

3.   He used his friendship with President Lyndon B. Johnson to press his case and called on associates to lobby the president as well.

4.   Last month, before the Knicks played the Bulls, Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy suggested that Jordan befriends opponents only to use those friendships for a competitive edge.

5.   Lawson said he wanted to use his friendship with Russell to show other men that they were not called to judge but to love.

6.   Wiener said Prosperi never used their friendship to influence Town Council decisions.

7.   Kohl has come under criticism for not using his friendship with Yeltsin to seek a stop to the bloodshed.

8.   She dismissed allegations that she had betrayed Ms. Lewinsky and had cynically tried to use their friendship as Pentagon coworkers against Clinton.

9.   Tutu told foreign correspondents in Johannesburg he would use his friendship with Mandela to pressure the government into taking a hard line against Abacha.

10.   Tutu told foreign correspondents in Jihannesburg he would use his friendship with Mandela to pressure the government into taking a hard line against Abacha.