He forged a close if improbable friendship with his Hollywood neighbor, the rock legend Frank Zappa, performing with him at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in 1981.

This was the beginning of an improbable but important friendship with Max Aitken, later the industrialist and British press baron, Lord Beaverbrook .

White Heat explores for the first time "the quiet drama and elusive tempos of one of the most improbable and fateful authorial friendships in all of American writing."

The 1978 Newbery Medal novel, "The Bridge to Terabithia," now considered a classic, is about an improbable but powerful friendship between a boy named Jess and a girl named Leslie.

The satisfaction comes from seeing this improbable friendship, thrust upon two women by the exigencies of a work partnership, endure.

As the Valemen maneuvered their way through the crowds, Shea found himself reflecting on his improbable friendship with Menion Leah.

Leary began to foster an improbable friendship with former foe G. Gordon Liddy, the Watergate burglar and conservative radio talk-show host.

Tom Junod's contribution about the improbable friendship between his reckless, indulgent parents and his cheap, modest, prudent in-laws also made me laugh aloud.

The beard stubble that habitually darkened his cheeks and jawline was gone, and there was an alertness to the man's eyes that Pennington had only seen on rare occasions since the pair's improbable friendship had formed.

The improbable friendship between Tali Fahima, a 28-year-old Israeli woman, and Zacaria Zubeidah, one of the most wanted Palestinian militants, began last year with a telephone call made out of curiosity.