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Even his close confidant Manning described him in later years as imprudent.
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He has been one of Diana's closest confidants during the difficult years of her rocky marriage.
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Freemantle and the newly ordained Richard Grey remained Crewe's closest confidants through the last years of his life.
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After the death of Ludovico's father, Giancarlo had become his closest confidant .
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Geoff in turn was a close confidant of Steen Willadsen.
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Globke was the closest confidant and adviser of Adenauer, who could stand in for the Chancellor.
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Davidson was a close friend and confidant of Stanley Baldwin.
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Alvin met the genial master poet Langston Hughes, who became a lifelong friend and confidant .
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His confidants are throwbacks to the past, lukewarm at best to economic and political pluralism.
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I had decided that I had to have a partial confidant at the school.
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Joe also became a friend of presidential confidant Harry Hopkins, a former social worker and son of an Iowa harness maker.
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Theo must have known in any case: he was always his parents' confidant and advisor, as well as his brother's.
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Why is he my main role model and confidant ?