Newspapers here later reported that at least one of them is set to testify against her and that the others were never among her closest circle.

She belonged to their closest circle of friends at Troldhaugen.

But the proposal was withdrawn before anyone outside the Mayor's closest circle of advisers was allowed to see it.

But he also came to know a side of Joyce few outside his closest circle of friends would ever see.

America should have removed Saddam Hussein and the closest circle around him and appointed a strong government right away.

"I do not mean the president but those in his closest circle."

He did realize immediately, however, that he was a member of Rhodan's closest circle.

He was completely unprepared for a concerned enquiry from a familiar voice addressing him by a nickname only ever used by his closest circle.

Within the closest circle lay the vassal states who pledged allegiance to the Zhou ruler.

Members were initially selected from the closest circle of friends.