But if you were a general, with your lifelong colleagues facing unemployment, wouldn't you play one politician off against the other?

Still, Mr. Ronay acknowledged the difficulty that his former colleagues face.

And he'd be damned if he did nothing while another unarmed colleague faced danger in the bloody streets of Madrid.

Mr. Greenspan and his colleagues at the Fed face a difficult situation now.

But it turned out the colleague was facing a French defense building ringed by statues of soldiers from various periods, including one in medieval armor.

Mike Mills is sensitive to the culinary challenges his recently arrived colleagues face.

In one way, Phil Regan's job as a rookie major league manager is easier than the task his colleagues face.

We also acknowledge the great personal risks you and your colleagues in government have faced.

And Ms. Moffett is fortunate to have "only" 20 students; her colleagues elsewhere face many of the same challenges with 30 children or more.

In any case, his western colleagues were facing less pressure from their governments in their scholarly work.