Yet his close associates noticed a change in his personality.

然而，他的私人助理注意到他个性上的一个变化。

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Generally, he was known to his friends and close associates as Ned.

通常，他的朋友和亲近的人会称他为内德。

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He excelled in Bear Stearns's close-knit culture, associates say.

同事们说他在贝尔斯登组织严密的文化中逐渐展露头角。

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He left the country, and so did three of his close associates, fearing arrest.

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But on Saturday his close associates said he had meant to say "no further selection".

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Also troubling for Mr Bush is that some close associates have strayed from the official line on Iraq.

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