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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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chief
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Larry Foster, chief council aide , said Hale was ordered to appear before the committee next Monday.
close
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Burbulis, one of Yeltsin's closest aides , was immediately appointed head of a group of presidential advisors.
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Some of his closest aides have been handpicked from the pharmaceutical sector.
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Mr Yeltsin has instructed his closest aides to present their own plan, guaranteeing strong presidential rule.
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The latest row arises from an apparent attempt by his closest aide to silence one of the pollsters.
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The two-hour trip, complete with bodyguards and close aides , was conducted in secrecy.
congressional
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But the Senate is not likely to act on the bill this year, according to congressional aides .
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To get any work done, Gray had to go hunting for congressional aides .
democratic
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A senior Democratic aide said it was virtually certain that Democrats would push for censure.
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A Democratic Capitol Hill aide said it's too early to tell whether Congress will go along with the proposal.
longtime
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Johnson, a longtime aide to former Arizona Gov.
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Brown hired longtime aide Eleanor Johns as executive assistant to the mayor, and named campaign scheduler Whitney Schwartz as appointments secretary.
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Johnson, for example, was a longtime Mecham aide .
military
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Joe wanted to get an army commission so he could serve his mentor as military aide .
presidential
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On March 7 the official news agency Tass reported the appointment of Georgy Ostroumov as a presidential aide .
royal
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A Royal aide on the marriage of Charles and Diana.
senior
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His senior aides are convinced they can speed up the Maastricht ratification process to meet the new deadline.
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Boris Fyodorov survived the attack and returned to accuse senior Kremlin aides of siphoning cash out of the fund.
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In announcing the decision, Clinton and senior aides claimed a major diplomatic victory for the administration.
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Another casualty was Gordon Ashworth, a senior aide to Peterson, who resigned over money paid to redecorate his house.
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A senior Democratic aide said it was virtually certain that Democrats would push for censure.
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First, a media sting operation caught several senior government aides taking bribes from arms dealers.
top
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The president has been known to circle something in a letter and pass it on to a top aide or Cabinet secretary.
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Jay Heiler, a council member and a top aide of Gov.
white
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A team of White House aides has crafted a series of proposals, including convening a commission or a White House conference.
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When Jones sought an apology, a White House aide , supposedly speaking for Clinton, said the incident never happened.
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Several White House aides have already been forced to resign because of the travel office and Whitewater.
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In effect, White House aides were assigned to tell reporters the innermost secrets of the Administration.
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Two colored aides and a white aide with curly blond hair walk us over to the Main Building.
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Other former White House aides have reached a similar conclusion.
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Clinton would support language banning the abortion technique as an elective procedure, another White House aide said.
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campaign
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Yesterday a campaign aide for Mr Milburn said the Labour candidate arrived as the whole situation was being resolved.
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Dole and his retinue of campaign aides and national reporters journeyed to former Sen.
dole
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It is not the safe strategy that some Dole aides preferred.
former
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Crowley, a former aide to Nixon, kept a record of his many conversations with her.
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Hayworth calls Owens, a former aide to then-Sen.
house
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Several White House aides have already been forced to resign because of the travel office and Whitewater.
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Many White House aides were decidedly unenthusiastic about the event when they realized how public it would be.
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In effect, White House aides were assigned to tell reporters the innermost secrets of the Administration.
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Which House aides said it might take several days to reach a conclusion about what caused the explosion.
press
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So reveals a piece by a former Kinnock press aide in yesterday's Times.
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His wife, Regina, accused him of having had an affair with former press aide Valerie Taliman and ignoring his family.
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If he is going to see them, Earl Bush, the press aide , will brief him on likely questions.
■ VERB
accord
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But the Senate is not likely to act on the bill this year, according to congressional aides .
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Netanyahu told his Cabinet, according to aides , that he would not agree to either.
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Clinton, according to aides who have spoken with him, thinks that most presidents fall into three categories.
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He has promised to campaign with Dole occasionally, according to aides .
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Barbour canceled a scheduled trip to Atlanta on Wednesday to be available for an announcement, according to campaign aides .
ask
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Afterward, Brown asked an aide for some coffee.
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He asked an aide for the number.
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Every year, he reviews the staff and then asks two aides to assess his performance.
say
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Even White House sources said some aides were deeply troubled by the coffee and believe it should not have occurred.
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a nurse's aide
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Amelia went to work as a nurse's aide in the children's wing of the hospital.
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An aide confirmed this week that the President will not be running for re-election.
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Anderson has worked as an aide to the mayor for three years.
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As a teacher's aide , I help watch the children and run errands for the teacher.
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White House aides denied the report.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Bernstein was trying to explain his headline problems to Ruby when Gerstein strode past with a retinue of aides.
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In 1972 his own principle aide , General Oufkir, who ruled the country in the king's name attempted a coup.
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These will be resolved or abandoned in the course aide time, and in the meantime will have no moral standing.
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Two colored aides and a white aide with curly blond hair walk us over to the Main Building.