It was his loyalty, not his independence, that qualified him for the top job.
He always put his loyalty to Mr Kohl above almost everything, even his own ambitions.
Giving a customer precisely what he wants is a sure way to strengthen his loyalty.
Fastow had said that in an Aug. 15, 2001, meeting, he vowed his loyalty to Lay and to the firm.
In his resignation speech, Mr Alvarez pledged his loyalty to the president and promised to keep working within the Alliance.
But Wenger stuck with the 22-year-old Swiss international and his loyalty has been rewarded with a series of consistent displays in Europe.
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His negative tactics were criticised after the defeats to Portugal and France, and his loyalty to the out-of-form David Beckham was also questioned.
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The commander of an army brigade based in Batumi declared his loyalty to Mr Abashidze, only to find most subordinates going the other way.
That would be unthinkable, such is his loyalty to the workforce.
He says to show his loyalty to Bhutto, he cycled to Karachi from the city of Multan - a journey of more than 550 miles.
He wanted to demonstrate that he recognized a barrier between church and state and that his loyalty was to our nation's laws above all else.
However, manager Gus Poyet may have been rueing his loyalty to Brezovan after two early errors resulted in his side being 2-0 down after only 22 minutes.
The Irish media came down hard on their team, but coach Declan Kidney has eschewed panic, and only one change shows his loyalty to an out-of-sorts side.
Chris Cornell, lead singer for Audioslave and vocalist on the title track for the last James Bond movie, demonstrated his loyalty at a stoplight in North Hollywood last year.
He continued to book hotels in Shanghai, rent cars in Barcelona, and buy meals in Tahiti, and every one of those transactions was tied to his loyalty program with United.
Herod's political skill in transferring his loyalty from the dead Mark Antony to his archrival, and later securing Rome's defense for embattled diaspora Jews, calls into question his reputed insanity.
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Roque, who had worked for the FBI during his time in the U.S., announced his loyalty to Cuba after the shootings, and decried the downed pilots as having operated a terrorist cell.
For Wali's part, his loyalty to Larson is constantly challenged by the latter's knack for getting into near desperate situations, this relationship echoed by the larger political drama going on around them.
Speaking at a news conference in New York where he pledged his loyalty to the Republican Party, Trump also discussed his affection for New England Patriots' quarterback Tom Brady and hip-hop artist Kanye West.
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He joined the Gunners from Monaco in January 2006, but his loyalty to the club had been in question after his comments that "a lot of teams want me to play for them" earlier this summer.
But there again, I am just going to say I am very proud of what Mike stood for and his loyalty to his country and the loyalty to the people he worked are for and the things that he did.
Chelsea supporters and most of the media are fairly emphatic in suggesting that Abramovich needs to lock up Lampard right away, not just for his loyalty to the club and the fact he wants to stay, but also because he has been productive.
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The owner ceases to be grateful for his current customers and switches his loyalty away from the real men and women who currently do business with him and toward the imaginary men and women whom he hopes will do business with him when he makes it big.
This ambiguity serves him well, though, because his first loyalty is to his company, and both Democrats and Republicans buy information technology.
Mr Browne praised Col Thorneloe for his "unquestioned loyalty, his absolute integrity and his magnificent commitment to what we were doing".
He influenced a whole generation of young people, teachers and historians, thanks to his deep loyalty to the memory of the deceased.
Jose Luis Romero Hicks, the state's finance director, points out the salient fact about Mr Fox: a passion for good government that exceeds his party loyalty.
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