11.  The late Peanuts Lowery, a longtime player and coach, was his guide.

12.  Though he is a longtime player and financier in Texas politics, this is his first candidacy.

13.  Towns misses his old linebackers coach, the garrulous Dick Baird, a longtime player favorite under the tenures of Don James and Jim Lambright.

14.  Two months ago, the team discovered that scout Pete Mahvolich, a former longtime NHL player with Toronto, Detroit and Montreal, has prostate cancer.

15.  And while the Diamondbacks are a relatively new franchise, they are loaded with longtime players who began talking in spring training about possibly going to the Series.

16.  Hamm needed some positive reinforcement from the new coach who earlier this year succeeded longtime player favorite Tony DiCicco.

17.  Hekmatyar is a longtime player in the violence that passes for Afghan politics.

18.  Longtime PGA player Larry Nelson is on the Brickyard course for the first time as a rookie on the Senior PGA Tour.

19.  The commission is to be led by former U.S. Senate Majority leader George Mitchell, a longtime key player in Northern Ireland peace negotiations.

20.  Yahoo also claimed that its offer would not poise potential antitrust issues, unlike that of TMP, which is also a longtime player in the employment business.