His friends say he is a latter-day Teddy Roosevelt, a man on whom he consciously models himself.
Upon hearing his friends say that, we know - had no choice but in some ways to turn.
" Yau says he is very practical about it, although his friends say a better term is "too direct.
But it's Mr. Gallin's latest foray into designing houses for clients that has made him happiest, his friends say.
But when he talks about the school board it is with surprising emotion: having seen two of his own children die, his friends say, he feels an obligation to save the rest.
It was only in September that his friends and family say they found out what had happened to him and where he was.
Behind a rough, often pompous, exterior, say his friends, beats a kind heart.
But his family and some friends say they do not believe Berezovsky killed himself and suggest he may have been murdered.
Still, say his friends, he is tough and has fought his way out of lots of other tight corners in his long career.
But it is evidence, say his friends, of determined persistence.
The prime minister is very careful to refer to Mr Fox and his wife as friends and to say that he wishes to carry on getting their advice.
Bowe Bergdahl was home schooled and taught chivalry at a young age, friends and neighbors of his family say.
Friends say Dzhokhar followed his big brother around like a puppy.
Still, it would be too simple to say that he and his friends are Croatia's main problem.
My dad was a proud man and didn't want people to see him when he was wasting away, but Janey went against his wishes and invited old friends over to say their final goodbyes.
Ironically, friends say these were some of his happiest years.
His friends - what few he has or trusts - say he is great with kids but no one will risk employing him.
Investigators say that they watched Shnewer and his friends for months.
He has mobilised his many friends on Capitol Hill and in America's Jewish community, and is allowing his aides to say he will fight the administration if he has to.
Of course, President SBY can be counted on to say the right things and keep his international friends hopeful.
Friends say he played up the mysterious elements of his work in China.
In addition to his classes, the young man focused on wrestling and fitness, which friends say he saw as a way to prepare for the physically demanding role Checque was striving for.
Mr Mandelson's friends, who are conducting his defence while he takes a holiday, say that he was subjected to a kangaroo court composed of Jonathan Powell, the Downing Street chief of staff, Sir Richard Wilson, the cabinet secretary and the Lord Chancellor, Lord Irvine of Lairg.
Friends of Mr. McNerney say the low profile is consistent with his style throughout his career, which included a stint heading the aircraft engines unit of General Electric Co.
Sieman and Stramaglia say they were "intimate friends" of Sheen who were invited to his Malibu home on July 26, only to find no one answering the gate.
But now even Mr Djukanovic's enemies in Podgorica, the capital, who say that their youthful president is much less of a reformer than his western friends assert, admit that his popularity is rising again, after a dip induced by the first two weeks of bombing Montenegro's military and naval installations.
His safety concerns appeared to shift based on how he was getting along with the family, friends say.
Being a Quaker, his bankruptcy was frowned upon to say the least, and he was excluded from the Religious Society of Friends.
Friends of Mr Chubais say that Mr Berezovsky whipped up the book scandal in revenge, using journalists in his pay.
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