Ebel's father, attorney and former oil executive Jack Ebel, "was one of my first friends in Colorado, " Hickenlooper said.
So today, while on an investment committee conference call, when the white smoke appeared and shortly thereafter we learned that an Argentinian Cardinal named Jorge Bergoglio had been elected and had chosen for himself the name Pope Francis, I decided that this time I was going to share my first thought with friends and colleagues on the call.
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My friends were the first two people kicked off of an extremely popular reality show.
"One of the biggest healers was getting the first horse for my friends, " said Douglas, dressed all in black and wearing sunglasses at the Meydan Hotel which overlooks the track.
Watching the first presidential debate, my friends and I were struck by an apparent paradox: President Barack Obama spoke for about four minutes longer than challenger Mitt Romney, but it seemed like Romney had dominated the time.
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Speaking from my own experience, when I left my first job to start my PR company right out of college, my friends asked me if what I was doing was right.
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In an informal poll of my Facebook friends when this feature was first launched, just one (of those that saw the post) said she was willing to pay to get a post greater visibility.
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One of my parents' closest friends spent the war first in the Lodz ghetto in occupied Poland, then survived a concentration camp by lying about his age.
"It first started with my collection, then my friends chipped in with their music and movies, and it just spread and spread through my community -- and now, nationwide, " says Radzyminski.
"My friends, family--when I first came to Herbalife--wondered what I was doing, " he confides.
The first challenge for my team was to quickly make friends for the company in dozens of congressional offices representing districts where CNG had properties.
If I had gone to the college of my first choice, I would not have met my closest friends.
And I also -- before I go any further -- I want to acknowledge one of my dear friends who is here with us, the First Lady of Mexico, Mrs.
Mr. COLEMAN: Well, I think that if you have ever spent any time, for example, in country bars in Texas, as have I and many of my friends, you'll notice that during the first 45 minutes or so of a show, the band or the deejay is playing traditional top 40 country music.
"After returning from my first deployment in Iraq, after seeing death and violence, losing friends and comrades, it really made me look over my life, " he said.
At first, I opened my house, garage and back yard to friends so they could come over during their medical rehabilitations and work with my metal fabrication and woodworking tools.
So for the first year, I rented out two of the bedrooms in my house to friends.
My former roommate is still one of my best friends and she was there to help me through the surprises of first-time homeownership.
Watching my newly minted 7th-grade daughter excitedly high-five her friends on the first day, I reminded myself that each new academic year is an opportunity for us as parents, to learn that fine balance between coach and cheerleader.
Some of my women friends have argued that it was our duty to support Hillary simply because she would be the first woman in the White House.
So this past weekend when my dog and I went hiking with some of our mutual friends, I broke out the KoolCollar for the first time.
As the first U.S. President to have a personal connection to the region, I reaffirmed to my ASEAN friends that the United States is committed to strengthening its engagement in Southeast Asia both with our individual allies and partners, and with ASEAN as an institution.
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