But here in Mohawk, even the victims' friends said their stance on gun rights remained firm.
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Friends said the marriage was a happy one despite the almost 40-year gap in their ages.
Several doctor friends said he needed surgery, but he didn't want anyone slicing up his back.
That pressure weighed on Mr. Swartz, who friends said had long suffered bouts of depression.
The couple's son weighed only about 4 pounds when he was delivered, neighbors and friends said.
The baby weighed only about 4 pounds when he was delivered, neighbors and friends said.
Despite his phenomenal success over five decades, Cliburn remained humble and gracious, friends said.
Friends said he wanted to testify in his own defense that he was innocent.
Friends said he was a "quiet, friendly" man who was a keen sportsman and credit to his community.
One of his friends said Ben made a desperate phone call begging for help minutes before he died.
Friends said the two brothers, especially Dzhokhar, had settled comfortably into U.S. society after arriving in the early 2000s.
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"Maybe you don't even realize it, " strangers said, friends said, my family said.
Friends said the two brothers, especially Dzhokhar, had settled comfortably into U.S. society.
Mr. Swartz's goal, friends said, wasn't to steal the material for personal gain, but to make it publicly available.
The couple was married a little more than a year ago, friends said, and they were excited about becoming parents.
Mrs Tillman had lived independently until she was 110 and had never smoked or drank, her family and friends said.
My friends said they thought the movie was a little silly, but they expressed tremendous admiration for the special effects.
Meanwhile friends said the couple had desperately wanted children and had just been given the go-ahead to start IVF treatment.
Some friends said they were planning to release balloons in her memory.
Ms. Lanza was a gun collector and avid shooter, friends said, and she lived in a heavily wooded area frequented by hunters.
Friends said he was suffering from short-term memory loss and blurred vision.
"He looks upon himself as a kind of conduit down which the music has flowed, that's all, " one of his close friends said.
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Todashev had lived on and off with other Chechens in the Orlando suburb of Kissimmee and had moved to Orlando more recently, friends said.
"One of my billionaire friends said to me: 'You keep going, honey, and you're the one who's going to be a billionaire, '" she says.
The good friends said goodbye and Boeheim, the second-winningest coach in Division I history behind only Duke's Mike Krzyzewski, walked to the locker room.
In that regard, the machine does its part: our friends said we came in loud and clear, albeit with a slight echo (nothing distracting, though).
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She had spent the previous three years looking for her daughter, whose disappearance took a toll as her health steadily deteriorated, family and friends said.
Combining her studies and the call-center job was exhausting, friends said.
Mr. Gray's family members and friends said he wasn't the kind of young man to carry a gun and questioned the police account of the shooting.
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