His associates and clients could call no less than six telephone numbers to contact the operation.

But an associate of the nun called the account "a major misunderstanding."

Evidence shows that his associates invariably call him Junior.

An associate of the woman called the newspaper's account "a major misunderstanding."

When he was an adult, however, friends and close associates called him Jack.

Few friends or associates will call you to say, "Thanks for thinking of me with such an ugly arrangement."

She and her associates would call company executives with an offer of a high-paying job.

The man has what his associates call "a way."

My associate will call us back as soon as he makes a trade.

He often works seven days a week, and one associate called him "the hardest-working investment banker ever known."