1.  Although Griffey earlier acknowledged the tragedy that claimed a friend and neighbor hit him hard, he elaborated about why.

2.  Clinton claims many friends among corporate-minded African-Americans, such as Vernon Jordan and the late Ron Brown.

3.  Few popes in history could have credibly claimed Jewish friends.

4.  The bird also claims friends in high places.

5.  The conservative Chavez can claim few friends among leaders of Hispanic civil rights and advocacy groups, but none had taken a formal position against her.

6.  The conservative Chavez can claim few friends among leaders of Hispanic civil rights and advocacy groups, including one that this week formally opposed her nomination.

7.  Speaking at his new campaign headquarters in Knutsford, northwest England, he claimed his friends, and their friends, had been subjected to harassment over recent days.