In the first season of the show, Sookie's friends are not very happy that she is interested in a vampire.

VOA: special.2010.01.20

He says he laughed when some friends first told him about houses built of straw.

VOA: special.2009.10.05

One of President Grant's first problems was caused by two of his friends.

VOA: special.2010.02.18

The first Merlefest,held in 1988, attracted just 4,000 fans who gathered to watch Merle's friends jamming on a few flatbed trucks.

VOA: standard.2010.06.07

Daw hopes his efforts will encourage other African migrants to integrate more into Australian society "When I first started a lot of my Sudanese friends,the boys, they weren't a fan of me playing footy,they tend to hang around the Sudanese people,just one area,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

The New York meeting co-chaired by President Obama, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari was the first summit-level session of the informal Friends of Democratic Pakistan grouping, and it brought together leaders of some 25 countries and organizations.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24